2014 Turf Weed Control for Professionals, Now Available

2014 Turf Weed Control for Professionals, Now Available

The revised edition of Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals is now available. The 96 page publication includes content on:

• Turfgrass Culture
• Weed Types
• Weed Life Cycles
• Developing a Weed Control Program
• Indicator Weeds              
• Herbicide Information (use, nomenclature, classification, mode of action, movement, resistance, etc.)
• Control of Tough Weeds
• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Weed Control with Herbicides
• Nonselective Herbicides/Fumigants for Turfgrass Renovation
• Nonselective Herbicides for Turfgrass Border Maintenance (Edging)
• Preemergence Herbicides (weed control ratings for preemergence herbicides, turf tolerance information, and more instructions for each product)
• Postemergence Herbicides (weed control ratings for postemergence broadleaf herbicides and turf tolerance, and more instructions for each product)
• Commonly Used Broadleaf Herbicide Combinations for Turfgrass
• Active Ingredients in Commonly Used Herbicide Combinations
• Sedge Control Herbicides (sedge control and turfgrass tolerance ratings, turf tolerance information, and more instructions for each product)
• Plant Growth Regulators for General Turf Use
• Preemergence, Postemergence and PGR Options for Putting Greens
• Postemergence Weed Control in Creeping Bentgrass Putting Greens
• Common and Trade Names of Registered Herbicides and Plant Growth Regulators (278 different products and 103 unique herbicide ingredient combination are discussing in this publication)
• Herbicide/PGR Common Names, Chemical Families, and Modes of Action
• Herbicide Math

This is truly a comprehensive guide for those using herbicides in turf regardless of whether you manage athletic fields, a golf course, lawns, cemeteries, sod farms, parks, or other turf areas.

Added in 2014 are

• New Herbicides (6 new products)
• Updated weed control recommendations based on label changes and new research
• Revised and udpated answers Frequently Asked Questions

A .pdf version is for sale for $10 for those that want an electronic copy. Use this electronic copy on all your devices.

The publication is available at https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?item_number=AY-336

It is sold for $12 as a hard copy (paperback) and $10 as an electronic (.pdf) copy. For companies with many employees interested in this information, a 25% discounted bulk order of 25 copies is available for $225.

Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals, 2014

Aaron Patton, Turfgrass Extension Specialist