Did Y'all Know
That is how us Tennesseans say "Did You Know!"
- Zinc performs a greater array of essential functions in the physiology of plants than any other micronutrient? http://www.turfgrasstrends.com/turfgrasstrends/Featured+Research/Zinc-usage-by-turfgrasses/ArticleLong/Article/detail/13207?contextCategoryId=1600&searchString=zinc
- Monthly applications of Copper and Manganese substantially reduced take-all patch disease in creeping bentgrass? http://www.turfgrasstrends.com/turfgrasstrends/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=21406&sk=&date=&pageID=2
- There is a cane toad named “Baz” in Australia that is missing? www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFOodz5NtU
- Iron lends an electron to Magnesium in the formation of the chlorophyll molecule?
- The resistance of bermudagrass against leaf-spotting can be enhanced with a soluble source of Silicon? http://www.turfgrasstrends.com/turfgrasstrends/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=104007&sk=&date=&pageID=3
- The British Open’s Claret Jug replaced the “Challenge Belt” which was originally awarded to its early champions? http://golf.about.com/od/historyofgolf/a/claretjug.htm
- EDTA is not a preferable chelate for foliar iron and zinc absorption? Link to EDTA document.
- Manganese activates several enzymes of the shikimic acid pathway leading to the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids? Functions of Mineral Nutrients: Micronutrients, “Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants,” 2nd ed., Horst Marschner, p.327.
- Golf Course Superintendents contributed close to $20,000 for the kids of St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in less than 4 hours at the 2008 Floratine Customer Appreciation Party? www.StJude.org/donate
