Evaluate alternate control strategies, host plant resistance, reduced pesticide use and applicaton timing, threshold evaluation, pest prediction, and insect dispersal and overwintering. Further develop a specific turfgrass research program focusing on the development of intuitive models for pest prediction and on the behavior of major insect pests. Turf program establishing collaborative linkages in South Africa, and Asia. Continued active participation in professional society activities. Major Publications and Presentations Hummel, R. L., R. L. Brandenburg, A. S. Heagle, and C. Arellana.
New insecticides introduce new options for superintendents.
Golf Course News. Vol 10, No. 1, p 28, 29. Brandenburg, R.L. D. A. Herbert, Jr., G. A. Sullivan, G. C. Naderman, and S. F. Wright. 1998. The Impact of Tillage Practices on thrips Injury of Peanut in North Carolina and Virginia. Herbert, Jr., D. A., W. J. Petka, and R. L. Brandenburg.