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Technical Updates

Latest technical updates from the team at Agrovista Amenity

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Turfgrass winter stress Curve Overlay
28/08/2025

Turfgrass winter stress

Whilst not known for extreme weather conditions, the UK climate can provide challenges for managing turfgrass surfaces during the winter months. Periods of waterlogging, limited light, disease pressure, and fluctuating temperatures place significant physiological strain on turfgrass, particularly on intensively managed playing surfaces.

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A guide to selective herbicide modes of action Curve Overlay
28/04/2025

A guide to selective herbicide modes of action

There are few turf surfaces that have the fortune of remaining weed free throughout their useful life. Whether it is grasses or broadleaved weeds, annuals or perennials, at some point there is likely to be a requirement for some degree of weed control to ensure that the surface remains attractive, functioning, and safe.

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Regulating plant growth Curve Overlay
16/05/2023

Regulating plant growth

Growth opportunity -  Regulate plant development by using phytohormones to help plants create the right growth response at the right time.

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Putting the WOW into seed sowing Curve Overlay
13/10/2022

Putting the WOW into seed sowing

It is important to understand the factors that lead to successful germination and establishment: water, oxygen, and warmth.

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Dr Abigail Graceson Curve Overlay
11/05/2022

Nitrogen efficiency

It is hard to escape from the fact that the cost of nitrogen fertilisers has increased significantly due to a range of factors placing strain on both supply and demand globally. 

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A regulatory challenge for the fertilizer industry Curve Overlay
01/10/2021

A regulatory challenge for the fertilizer industry

With the green movement and the increasingly green European Parliament restrictions, requirements towards fertilisers and other chemical production are on the rise.

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Anthracnose: Interactions with the disease triangle Curve Overlay
23/07/2021

Anthracnose: Interactions with the disease triangle

Anthracnose of turf is caused by the pathogen Colletotrichum cereale. The disease primarily affects intensely managed turf surfaces because of the considerable stresses that these environments place on the host plants.

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Nitrogen Overview Curve Overlay
23/12/2019

Nitrogen Overview

Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients that grasses need to sustain healthy growth

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Phophorus Overview Curve Overlay
22/12/2019

Phophorus Overview

Phosphorus is an important requirement of many plant compounds that are essential for growth.

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