Dr. Stan Kostka

Visiting Scholar · Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus · company speakers →

Dr. Stan Kostka is a Visiting Scholar at the Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus. He will be presenting 'Let’s Clear Up the Confusion on Wetting Agents and Sports Turfgrass.' Soil surfactants (also referred to as wetting agents) are staples of turfgrass maintenance programs to treat localized dry spots, mitigate soil water repellency, and to improve rootzone water delivery, water use efficiency, nutrient access, and enhance overall plant health. The goal of this seminar is to provide sports field managers with an introduction into the basic concepts of soil water, the development of water repellency in soils, and basic principles on soil surfactant mode of action and impacts to enhance water management and improve turfgrass performance, and how to make sense of all the soil surfactant products in the marketplace. By attending the session, attendees will: 1 – Gain an understanding into the concepts of soil water dynamics within the turfgrass rootzone. 2 – Gain further insight into how the soil surfactants in today’s marketplace are classified and categorized. 3 – Learn about the many wetting agent products on the market, and how to determine which ones are best suited for their own turfgrass management program.

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