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The Syngenta Microdochium State of the Nation Survey has identified incidences are now on the rise, along with disease pressure and damaging outbreaks rolling on longer each year, well into the spring.

Professional spray tech, Dan Waring, has won the prestigious title of Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year (ASOOTY), announced at BTME.

Broad-leaved weeds have been quick to take advantage of recent rains to spring up in parched turf surfaces affected by the long hot summer. 

Operation Pollinator brings together a community of turf managers to help each other and share their successes and experience, along with demonstrating the immense ecological value of managed amenity turf areas.

Microdochium patch remains the primary turf disease threat to surface quality and playability. Sean Loakes outlines the issues and a new strategy for the 2025/26 season.

Parched soils will need reconditioning to mitigate the effects of dry patch and make efficient use of available rainfall to recover turf health.

Managing soil moisture over the next two months will be key to success with leatherjacket strategies this autumn, to help achieve optimum control of damaging larvae populations.

Weather patterns are creating an increasing challenge for turf management. One of the biggest impacts now, and certainly into the future, is the implications for damaging disease effects.

After four years and more than 50 episodes, the sun has set On the Horizon. Catch up with the final episode now. Every episode is still available to download and listen again.

Syngenta Technical Manager, Sean Loakes, met up with Dan Waring, previous winner of the Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year Award, at the JCB Golf and Country Club.

Get the advice of sprayer specialists and top practical turf sprayer operators on how to get the best results from your turf applications. Packed with practical advice, backed with the Syngenta science of why it works.