Dr. Bruce Branham

RESEARCH EMPHASIS

Turfgrass physiology and management; pesticide and nutrient fate.

PROPOSED RESEARCH TOPICS

• Site of uptake, translocation, and metabolism of ethofumesate, active ingredient in PROGRASS herbicide, in annual bluegrass, creeping bentgrass, and perennial ryegrass.
• Degradation of cypoconazole, active ingredient in SENTENEL fungicide, in creeping bentgrass turfs of varying organic matter content.
• Effect of PRIMO plus fertilizer on clipping yield and turf quality of a Kentucky bluegrass turf.
• Use of EXP31130A, an experimental herbicide from Rhone-Poulenc, to control creeping bentgrass in Kentucky bluegrass turf.
• Use of PGR's in putting green management.

CES/ OUTREACH

Working with the turfgrass industry, associate director of Illinois Turfgrass Foundation

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM

Academic Professionals: Hongfei Jiang
Graduate Students: Dave Gardner
   Brian Horgan
   Eric Kohler

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Agronomy
Crop Science Society of America
Weed Science Society of America

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Branham, B.E. And D.W. Lickfeldt.  1997.  Effect of pesticide-treated
grass clippings used as a mulch on ornamental plants.  HortSci.
32:1216-1219.

Gaussoin, R.E., B.E. Branham, and J.A. Flore.  1997.   Carbon dioxide
exchange rate and chlorophyll content of turfgrass treated with plant
growth regulators.  J Plant Growth Regul. 16:73-78.

Keeley, S.J., B.E. Branham, and D.D Penner. 1997. Adjuvant enhancement
of postemergence crabgrass control with dithiopyr.  Weed Sci.
45:205-211.

S.E. Warnke, D.S. Douches, and B.E.Branham.  1997.  Relationships among
Creeping Bentgrass Cultivars Based on Isozyme Polymorphisms. Crop Sci.
37:203-207.

Vandervoort, C., M.J. Zabik, B.E. Branham, and D.W. Lickfeldt.  1997.
Fate of Selected Pesticides Applied to Turfgrass: Effect of Composting
on Residues.   Bull. Env. Contam. Toxicol. 58:38-45.

Miltner, E.D., B. E. Branham, E.A. Paul, and P.E. Rieke.  1996.
Leaching and Mass Balance of 15N-Labeled Urea Applied to a Kentucky
Bluegrass Turf.  Crop Sci.36:1427-33.

Lickfeldt, D.W. and B.E. Branham. 1995. Sorption of organic compounds by
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) leaves and thatch.  J. Environ.
Qual. 24:980-985.

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