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The Syngenta Lockdown Trial at STRI has revolutionised the way turf research can be undertaken to provide real time results and in-season advice for greenkeepers and turf managers. It's a model for future work, reports Marcela Munoz.

A dry period has pointed the latest Unlock and Play trial discussion towards drought stress and moisture management, reports STRI Research Manager, Dr Christian Spring.

STRI ecologist Sophie Olejnik reports golf clubs around the country have been highlighting their endeavours with Operation Pollinator as part of Bees News Week

This week the STRI trial report looks at how to manage effects of wear from heavy play that puts stress on turf.

Greenkeepers and turf advisors can now find out the potential time and cost savings for their own courses when using Primo Maxx II to reduce mowing requirements on fairways.

Corhampton Golf Club in Hampshire won this year’s prestigious Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award, highlighting its work in pioneering restoration of natural downland habitats

Warm weather early this spring triggered initial emergence of adult stages of turf pests up to three weeks ahead of normal. But numbers dried up in the heat of May, according to sightings reported on Pest Tracker.

BIGGA's Continue to Learn webinar on Acelepryn gave the chance to find out more about the chafer grub emergency authorisation and your questions answered by Glenn Kirby, Syngenta Turf Technical Manager

The Golf Environment Awards 2021 - including the Operation Pollinator Award are now open for entries.

Syngenta has been actively engaged with key industry organisations which have come together to help golf in the UK during the COVID-19 crisis.

As conditions warm up, Growing Degree Days, to indicate the potential growth rate of turf, are an extremely useful guide for a range of every-day management decisions - so long as you fully understand how the numbers have been calculated.GDD (Growing Degree Days) has long been effectively and reliably used in agriculture and horticulture for calculating agronomy decisions involving plant physiology, such as lettuce crop days to harvest; soft-fruit timing from flowering to picking or fertiliser applications for crops.Now, a new GDD calculator tool, to be launched this month on the GreenCast website, is set to provide turf managers with figures for their site, and the ability to build predictive models to aid management decisions. Try out the new GDD Calculator hereCalculator questionsTo accurately gauge the value of GDD in any specific turf situation, you have to know how the figure was calculated, especially if the figures are being used from a non-turf specific source.In its simplest form,…

Syngenta is one of key industry bodies involved with the Parliamentary Golf Group, to further develop the interests of the game.