Catching up on my reading, heat stress edition

Posted on September 23, 2018

I’ve been writing a monthly column for Golf Course Seminar (ゴルフ場セミナー) since May of 2008. The articles are usually 2 pages. I wrote a couple 4 page articles when マイカの時間 The BOOK was published last year. But the first time I’ve written a 3 page article was for the September... [Read More]

Rituals, surrogate markers, and turf performance outcomes

When a measure serves as a surrogate for the desired outcome, then achieving that measure or endpoint isn't the real goal

Posted on September 16, 2018

A couple months ago I was struck by this post—“Problems with surrogate markers”—on Andrew Gelman’s blog. “Wow”, I thought, “this seems related to turfgrass management in a lot of ways.” Wikipedia describes surrogate endpoints, or markers, as: a measure of effect of a specific treatment that may correlate with a... [Read More]

Recording of my presentation about managing turfgrass diseases in Asia

From the International Congress of Plant Pathology in Boston, in the session about Precision Turf and Ornamental Disease Management in the 21st Century

Posted on September 15, 2018

The recording of my presentation on “Managing turfgrass diseases in Asia with minimal input” is now online. Watch it here. I gave this presentation as part of the session on “Precision Turf and Ornamental Disease Management in the 21st Century” at the International Congress of Plant Pathology in July. For... [Read More]