{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Preventative overseeding with bentgrasses","description":"Presenter: Richard Brown, Amenity Sales Manager, Germinal GB\n\nMicrodochium patch affects many cool season turf grass species including annual meadow grass and perennial ryegrass, especially Poa annua, and is one of the primary diseases on UK golf greens.\n\nWith the loss of key fungicides such as iprodione removing the safety net of using curative chemicals to combat this key turf disease, greenkeepers must look to strengthen the make-up of their greens by coupling the use of disease resistant cultivars with appropriate cultural practises that maximise the population of beneficial grasses which will in turn contribute to improved preventative control.\n\nThis webinar will explore how the future of disease management on golf greens is reliant on frequent over-seeding using resilient and disease resistant bentgrasses and how to get the best from them.\n\nICL Scholarship\n\nThe ICL Continue to Learn Scholarship offers five BIGGA members the opportunity to attend the Continue to Learn at BTME education programme. The scholarship, worth approximately £500, comprises three nights' hotel accommodation and 15 hours of education.\n\nApply online until 31 July 2020.\n (https://www.bigga.org.uk/member-homepage/members-opportunities/icl-continue-to-learn-scholarship.html)\nPodcast\n\nThe Green Room Golf Course Podcast is produced by Karl Hansell on behalf of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association.\n\nFor questions, comments or concerns, you can get in touch by emailing karl@bigga.co.uk.\n\nYou can also join the conversation on social media using @GreenRoomBIGGA (https://twitter.com/home) on Twitter we’ve also got a Facebook page where all the latest notices, news releases and information from BIGGA can be found. We’re also on Instagram using @BIGGA_HQ (https://twitter.com/BIGGALtd) .\n\nSubscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. The more people know about the sports turf industry, the more understanding they will have about the hard work of BIGGA members and other greenkeepers.\n\nIf you’d like to get in contact about any other aspect of your BIGGA membership, including member benefits, support, or learning and development, call 01347 833800 or email info@bigga.co.uk\n\nYou can also get more information about BIGGA and how it can improve your career and your course by heading to our website (http://www.bigga.org.uk/) .","author_name":"The BIGGA Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4937603-the-bigga-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/36709883/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}