Golf Industry News - Sean Loakes

The Amenity Sprayer Operator of the Year (ASOOTY) Awards highlight best practice and experience in the challenging role of ensuring accurate application on all amenity surfaces. Last year’s winner was Dan Waring, professional spray technician at JCB Golf and Country Club

Recent studies at Forest Pines Golf Course in Lincolnshire - using a well-timed application of Acelepryn at peak egg laying, followed by NemaTrident B - have confirmed that larger chafer larvae stressed or weakened by Acelepryn may prove more susceptible to nematode incursion, to deliver more effective and reliable overall control.

Key findings of the report from Syngenta highlight the role for Integrated Turf Management actions to reduce disease outbreaks, including nutrition, rolling, moisture management and fungicide timings.