artificial light
Increasing resistance against snow mold using artificial lights during the fall hardening period
By Florence Sessoms and Dominic Petrella
Snow mold is a famous early spring disease affecting many turfgrasses in particular annual bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. This disease is a concern for golf course superintendents as a lack of correct application of fungicide in the fall results, during the following spring, in the loss of green, tee or fairway areas. An alternative to chemical application is focused on improving the winter hardening of turfgrass species through the use of artificial lightning as further described.