New Mexico State University researchers are working to eliminate yellow patches from the rolling green hills of New Mexico golf courses in mid-summer. Ryan Goss, assistant professor of turfgrass science at NMSU, was contacted by the Rio Grande Golf Course Superintendents Association in 2008 about the problem. Goss found the source of the problem to be a lack of iron in the soil. Next summer, Goss will begin researching methods to prevent the yellow patches from appearing. He hopes to find an environment-friendly treatment.

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