Halloween Special: Spring Dead Spot with Dr. Wendell Hutchens
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Dr. Wendell Hutchens discusses advancements in spring dead spot research over the past 15 years.
"Fifteen years of findings: Advancements in spring dead spot research from 2009 to 2024" with Dr. Wendell Hutchens Spring dead spot is a disease that lies in wait before going after your turfgrasses, transforming your favorite golf course into the set of your favorite PG-13 slasher. This episode, Wendell joins me to discuss the mega gains made in the last 15 years of spring dead spot research, in hopes that someday we can turn this slow-moving monster into just the stuff of legend. Tune in to learn: · What symptoms point to spring dead spot · What methods are best to combat spring dead spot · How spring dead spot spreads · Where the future of spring dead spot research is moving If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21367 This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to subscribe. If you'd like to see old episodes or sign up for our newsletter, you can do so here: https://fieldlabearth.libsyn.com/ . If you would like to…
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