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This month's BTME event in Harrogate provided the opportunity to catch up on all the latest innovations in turf management. Syngenta stand 226 was best placed in the centre of the event to meet the specialists and talk about your future techniques for turf management.

After eight weeks the low intensity management Lockdown trial has yielded some valuable insights

Pyecombe Golf Club in East Sussex has won the prestigious Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award, presented at the industry’s premier BIGGA Awards ceremony, during BTME Harrogate.

Ryan Gall, spray tech at the Scottish championship golf and country club, Loch Lomond, has won the prestigious title of Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year.

CRENZAR contains a new active ingredient for turf, prosulfuron, in combination with well proven dicamba. CRENZAR targets a wide-spectrum of key broad-leaved weeds in turf.

 Peak performance when the heat is onCOMPREVO boosts the activity of genes that help turf cope with heat and drought stress.Genomic testing has shown a 19% increase in genetic activity associated with drought tolerance, and 8% uplift in genes associated with resilience to heat. Along with beneficial enhancement of genetic activity for photosynthesis and tolerance of salinity. COMPREVO has proven in extensive trial evaluation to boost turf quality under summer stress conditions. The product is a seaweed extract, blended with plant extracts of fermentation derived bioactives. The nutritional composition of COMPREVO is N: 3; P: 0 & K: 8. When to use COMPREVOCOMPREVO provides biostimulant boost against a wide range of seasonal stress factors, but is optimised to enhance turf resilience against heat and drought stress conditions. In some areas, improving tolerance to salinity will prove a significant benefit.Typically COMPREVO would be included in the biostimulant programme from…

VYPLENZA is a new biostimulant from Syngenta proven to boost the activity of genes that help turf cope with both high and low light intensities.  Sun or shade, Quality shinesGenomic testing has shown a 53% increase in genetic activity associated with photosynthetic light harvesting, and 23% uplift in genes associated with photosynthesis response to light intensity.  VYPLENZA is proven in extensive trial evaluation to boost turf quality under low and high light stress conditions vs untreated. The product is a micronized seaweed, filtered and blended with micronutrients. The nutritional composition of VYPLENZA is N: 0; P: 0 & K: 0. When to use VYPLENZAVYPLENZA provides biostimulant boost against a range of seasonal stress factors, but is optimised to enhance turf photosynthetic activity for health and quality during both high light stress and low light stress conditions. Typically VYPLENZA would be included in the biostimulant programme from November to February - low…

Changing weather patterns bring the need for new moisture management techniques to maintain turf health and playability

Congratulations to all those who took part in the Syngenta Early Bird Run @BTME - you raised an incredible record £880 for the BIGGA Greenkeeper’s Benevolent Fund

Find out more about these important turf pest, along with Turf Management measures to help control them: Garden chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) The garden chafer is the most common of the UK chafer species.With its greener and smaller appearance the adults are less noticeable, compared to cockchafer or summer chafer.Adults are typically less than 10 mm long, with brown/green wing cases and a bottle green head.Most often found in late May or June, depending on temperatures.Larvae emerge into adults over 10 days, frequently flying between 10 am and 12 am in sunny conditions.Eggs are laid in groups of 2-6 eggs 10 cm below the soil surface. Females will lay 10-50 eggs over a season.Garden chafer have a one-year lifecycle, with larvae quickly progressing through to third instar stage by autumn, to emerge the following summer. Larvae are smaller, up to 15 mm at emergence. Cockchafer – May bug (Melolontha melolontha) Cockchafer, or May bug, are the largest of the UK chafer species…

Syngenta Technical Manager, Pete May, highlights how best to take advantage of any growing opportunities for surface recovery in a variable spring.

Download the calibration charts and information supplied with Syngenta XC Nozzle sets. Select the appropriate calibration chart for the colour of your nozzles - purple 025; red 04 or white 08.