Turf Diagnostics Lab Closed

The NC State TDL will be closed on Friday, July 3rd. Samples must be received by noon on Thursday, July 2nd, in order to be processed before the holiday weekend.

NC State Turfgrass Field Day

Lake Wheeler Research Field Lab - August 12, 2026

Art Bruneau FUNdraiser Scholarship Golf Tournament

Lonnie Poole Golf Course - October 21, 2026

NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab Turfgrass Diseases Fungicide Resources Faculty & Staff Graduate Students

News From Turf Pathology

Cover page of Disease Management in Landscape Turf extension publication.
New Publication: Disease Management in Landscape Turf

Published - June 8, 2026

Slime mold fruiting bodies on the leaves of a zoysiagrass lawn
Slime Mold Outbreak (Hint: Don't Panic!)

Published - May 28, 2026

Soil Temperatures in Raleigh since March 1, 2026
Environmental Stress and Turfgrass Performance This Spring

Published - May 20, 2026

US map showing 2025 turfgrass sample origins; 71% SE, 41% NC, 13% SW; Top5 NC, FL, SC, TX, CA
2025 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Published - January 28, 2026

NC State three-panel: turf "Cold Injury/Chloroplast Masking"; closeup "Purple Leaf Tip"; "Leaf spot"
Purple Bermudagrass Greens? Cold Weather Likely to Blame

Published - December 1, 2025

Grass field with large irregular brown and bare patches across the turf
Record Heat for Most of NC = Ugly Creeping Bentgrass and Tall Fescue

Published - July 30, 2025

NC STATE UNIVERSITY banner; turf disease examples labeled Brown patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Pythium blight
Gray Leaf Spot Development in Tall Fescue

Published - July 24, 2025

US map: 2024 turfgrass sample origins — 65% SE, 15% SW, 37% NC; Top 5: NC, FL, TX, CA, AL
2024 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Published - February 11, 2025

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