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'What's wrong with my lawn?' Research points toward possible answer

2 weeks ago | paragoulddailypress.com | Maddie Johnson

With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months. This disease begins with small, round patches that can grow in diameter and are characterized by a yellow, orange or brown color as the affected grass dies.
'What's wrong with my lawn?' Research points toward possible answer

3 weeks ago | jonesborosun.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE — With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months. This disease begins with small, round patches that can grow in diameter and are characterized by a yellow, orange or brown color as the affected grass dies.
“What's wrong with my lawn?” Research points toward possible answer

3 weeks ago | magnoliareporter.com | Maddie Johnson

With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months. This disease begins with small, round patches that can grow in diameter and are characterized by a yellow, orange or brown color as the affected grass dies.
Research details pathology, progression, management of large patch disease

3 weeks ago | phys.org | Maddie Johnson |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

With spring rains, warm-season turfgrasses such as bermudagrass and zoysiagrass are at risk of a fungal disease called large patch that can leave a lawn marked with large brown areas of dead and dying grass. Large patch is caused by a fungus and affects warm-season turfgrasses, which go dormant in cooler months.
Research agronomist returns home to aid rice and row crop producers

1 month ago | jonesborosun.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE — Justin Chlapecka’s new role as assistant professor of agronomy comes with an office just about 35 miles from where he grew up – a return home he sees as an opportunity to give back to his community through recommendations for enhancing crop production. Growing up in Newport – located in one of the state’s top rice-producing counties, Jackson County – Chlapecka went to a rural school and remembers being surrounded by agriculture. k9cm$6CG:46 E@ 72C>6CDk^9cmkAmx?
Publication reveals soil lab use, fertility findings for blackberries, row crops, forages

1 month ago | magnoliareporter.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE -- When you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test results. Each year, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station publishes the Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies.
Research team homes in on genetics behind blackberry thorns

1 month ago | magnoliareporter.com | Maddie Johnson

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries’ deploying of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. They can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless blackberry varieties the preferred option in the U.S. market. Now, a team of researchers has pinpointed the genetic location behind them, paving the way for plant breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties.
Research team homes in on genetics behind blackberry thorns

1 month ago | jonesborosun.com | Maddie Johnson

FAYETTEVILLE — Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries’ deploying of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. They can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless blackberry varieties the preferred option in the U.S. market. Now, a team of researchers has pinpointed the genetic location behind them, paving the way for plant breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties.
Publication Reveals Soil Lab Use, Fertility Findings for Blackberries, Row Crops, Forages

1 month ago | m.farms.com | Maddie Johnson

By Maddie JohnsonWhen you test more than 200,000 soil samples in a year, you not only learn something about how Arkansans grow crops, gardens and lawns, but also the value of recommendations that result from soil test results. Each year, the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station publishes the Wayne E. Sabbe Arkansas Soil Fertility Studies.
Research team homes in on genetics behind blackberry thorns

1 month ago | phys.org | Maddie Johnson |Stephanie Baum |Robert Egan

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. Thorns can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless blackberry varieties the preferred option in the U.S. market.