Resources

✧ Cornell Weed Science

Weed identification and management resources to help you reduce the impact of these unwanted plants in fields, gardens, landscapes and ecosystems.

✧ New York State – Child Safe Playing Fields Act

Under NYS Law Chapter 85, Laws of 2010 (Child Safe Playing Fields Act), all schools and day care centers must comply with restrictions on pesticide use. The law restricts use of pesticides to products containing active ingredients listed as exempt under 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The pesticides must also include inert ingredients that are eligible under 4a of the 25(b) FIFRA exemption. Pesticides containing any active or inert ingredients not listed under the exemption and eligibility criteria of 25(b) FIFRA must receive one-time emergency application approval from appropriate channels. Click here for more information about allowable herbicides for schools and day care centers.

✧ Cornell Turfgrass Program

Visit here for up to date information about ongoing research, extension information, and news from Cornell’s Turfgrass Program.

✧ NYS PIMS Products Database – Product, Ingredient, and Manufacturer System

The NYS Pesticide Product, Ingredient and Manufacturer System (PIMS) databases are designed to aid the user in searching for pesticide product information as supplied to the Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) by the New York State Pesticide Product Registration Section within the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC).

✧ Cornell Grub ID Key

The Cornell Grub ID key is an easy-to-use guide to help users identify and distinguish between white grubs commonly found in the northeastern United States. The key is a product of the Cornell Soil Arthropod Ecology lab.

✧ Cornell University Sports Field Management

Investing in Safe Sports Fields Children, youth and adults use school grounds and community parks sports for recreation and other health-improving outdoor activities. New York State alone has more 40,000 acres devoted to these uses. The challenge for sports turf managers is to provide safe, functional and aesthetically pleasing fields. This website brings you the latest best management practices for managing sports fields and resources for all who care for and use sports fields.

✧ NYS IPM Best Management Practices for Schools

Provides easy-to-use information on integrated pest management (IPM) specifically in school settings and on school property. IPM is a research-based approach to managing pests that reduces the impact to the environment and human health.

✧ Best Management Practices for New York State Golf Courses

Research-based, voluntary BMP guidelines designed to protect and preserve our water resources that enhance open space using current advances in golf turf management.

✧ 2017 Cornell Guide for Commercial Turfgrass Management

Provides cultural and pest management information for those producing sod or maintaining turfgrass in New York State. Designed as a practical guide for sod producers, landscapers, turfgrass managers, pesticide dealers, and others who advise those producing sod or maintaining turfgrass.

Please read the pesticide label prior to use. The information contained in this document is not a substitute for a pesticide label.