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In Pennsylvania, anyone making pesticide applications to land that they do not own or lease is required to have at least one Certified Pesticide Applicator.

The turfgrass industry offers high-paying, STEM-driven, hands-on careers with growing job demand, tech innovation, and degree options—perfect for students passionate about sports and science.

Goosegrass, also known as silver crabgrass, is a warm-season annual grass weed that infests golf course turf, athletic fields, lawns, parks, and institutional grounds.

Slime molds (causal organisms: Mucilago, Physarum, and Fuligo spp.) are different from most turfgrass pathogens in that they do not directly infect the plant.

Yellow foxtail [Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. and Schult] and green foxtail [Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv.] are warm season summer annual grass weeds that invade low-maintenance lawns, parks, grounds, roadsides, and new turf establishments.

While the basic concepts of a good watering program may appear simple, in actual practice there are many and varied problems associated with the successful application of each.

Successful management of home lawns depends on proper selection and management of turfgrasses.

Spreaders can be calibrated in several ways, but the following methods are relatively simple, fast, and accurate.

Roughstalk bluegrass, more commonly known by its Latin name of Poa trivialis, is an invasive perennial grass weed that thrives in moist soils and in lawns and parks with heavy to moderate shade from trees and buildings.

Barnyardgrass, also known as cockspur grass, panic grass, or watergrass, is a warm-season annual grass weed that invades low maintenance lawns, grounds, right of ways, roadsides, and new turf establishments.

Annual bluegrass weevils present a serious problem for golf course superintendents.

Summer annual grasses continue to be pervasive weed problems in many turfgrass areas throughout Pennsylvania.

Brown ring patch, sometimes referred to as Waitea patch, is a disease of annual bluegrass golf course putting greens.

Nimblewill, also called wire grass and drop seed, is a common warm-season perennial grass weed of lawns, parks, and other low-maintenance turf areas in Pennsylvania.

Common purslane, sometimes referred to as pursley or wild portulaca, is a weed of low-maintenance lawns, parks, institutional grounds, and athletic fields.

Why some laboratory tests do not provide a complete picture of the results.

Take-all patch is a root and crown disease of bentgrass putting greens, tees, and fairways.

Summer patch, sometimes called Poa patch, is a root and crown disease of golf course turf, home lawns, grounds, and athletic fields.

To ensure that you maintain the best soil, greenest grass, and nicest looking outfield, follow these dos and don'ts.

Brown patch is a major summer foliar disease of golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns, parks, and institutional grounds, caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani.

Pink patch is a foliar disease of lawns, parks, and low-maintenance sports fields.

Leaf spot and melting-out (crown and root rot) diseases of cool-season turfgrasses are commonly found in lawns, parks, institutional grounds, sports turf, and in some cases, on golf courses.

Rust is the name given to a group of foliar diseases of turfgrasses that can occur on golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns, parks, and institutional grounds.

Anthracnose is one the most common and damaging diseases of annual bluegrass putting greens in Pennsylvania and often challenging to manage with cultural practices and fungicides.