Poa control on bentgrass greens: new results for 2010

In the past few years, companies and researchers have been tackling the problem of poa control on bentgrass greens, and results are looking hopeful. Recent data from Virginia Tech, Auburn, North Carolina State, Rutgers, University of Maryland, the University of California, Riverside and elsewhere are focusing on three potentially useful herbicides:

- amicarbazone: under development by Arysta, this material has been consistently good (typically over 80%) at controlling poa. However, its safety to bentgrass has varied from location to location,…