Golfdom, June 2014

ExtrEmE WEathEr conditions and temperatures so your turfgrass remains healthy all season long Superintendents need to have a plan says Kathie Kalmowitz Ph D Market Development Specialist for BASF Professional Turf Ornamentals The weather patterns for the last few years have shown that we do not know exactly when or what will happen but something will likely occur that negatively affects superintendents turfgrass The solution Kalmowitz suggests integrating fungicides into your course management regime to ensure you have proper protection prior to unexpected extreme variations in weather conditions or temperatures During periods of stress and various weather conditions I know the course is holding up well when it is not only surviving but thriving Dunk Van hermen A new lineup of BASF fungicides To help ease the burden of turfgrass protection cc BASF revealed its two latest fungicide prestwick offerings Lexicon Intrinsic and Xzemplar this February at the 2014 courtesy Golf Industry Show in Orlando Both fungicides are comprised of fluxapyroxad an photos active ingredient that blocks an enzyme complex known as succinate dehydrogenase Golfdom com June 2014 Golfdom 25 As a result mitochondrial respiration is inhibited energy is no longer produced fungal cells stop growing and disease development ceases Both of the fungicides were registered by the U S Environmental Protection Agency in late 2013 and will be available for purchase this year after state registrations are approved In the meantime the fungicides have already been distributed to courses throughout the United States so that superintendents can conduct trials I recently received some Lexicon Intrinsic test material from BASF and at their request have initiated a trial of the material on one of the greens says Paul Kaufman superintendent of Myrtle Beach S C s Prestwick CC My team and I applied the material on February 28th to see how long we could go before we saw any disease pressure I will say that the green we applied the fungicide to showed a very nice green up especially considering Paul Kaufman it was unoverseeded TifEagle in mid March By combining two renowned fungicides branded as Xemium and Intrinsic Lexicon Intrinsic will offer some new Continued on page 26