Fall Into Warm-Season Disease Prevention
It’s September 12th (still officially summer) and current weather patterns agree with forecasted highs in the upper 80’s/lower 90’s. …
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Are You Pythed Off at Pythium Root Rot?
by Halle Hampy, Jim Kerns, and Lee Butler You have all heard that an ounce of prevention is worth a …
Does Nitrogen Increase Brown Patch Severity in Tall Fescue?
In North Carolina, tall fescue is widely grown throughout the mountain and piedmont regions. North Carolina is in the …
My Turf is Sick! Spray a Fungicide and Call Me in Two Weeks
By Jim Kerns, Lee Butler, and Nicholas Slipchenko All too often turf managers spray a fungicide when disease develops and …
Is Root Rot on Your Radar?
– By Daniel Freund, M.S. student For those who manage golf course putting greens, Pythium root rot should be on …
2018 Field Trial Highlights
While we conduct 60-70 field trials annually, these are a few of the more interesting ones we thought we …
Spring is an Exciting Time to be a Nematode!
As we come out of the gray days of winter and the soils start to warm up, it is …
Where Did Your Fungicide Go?
We believe all turfgrass managers are interested in maximizing the efficacy of their fungicide applications. In fact, many superintendents …
2018 Diagnostics Lab Review
Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2018 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were nearly identical to total …
Gray Leaf Spot on the Rise in North Carolina
Gray leaf spot (GLS) is caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and is a destructive disease of St. Augustinegrass, perennial …
Prevention is the Best Medicine for Fall Diseases
September is almost over and unfortunately, did not provide any fall like weather. The fall cool-down should be around …
If I Had a Dollar for Every Spot!
It’s time to welcome a new genus to the turfgrass pathogen family: Clarireedia! This genus has been suggested to …
How to Effectively Sample for Nematodes
With summer weather and heat officially here for the next three months, summer stress will start to develop on …
It's No Fairy Tale... It's Fairy Ring!
Fairy ring is a problematic disease of sand-based putting greens, especially on ultradwarf bermudagrass (UBD) putting greens. Previous research …
Get Your Head Out of Your Grass!
With the first week of spring behind us, many will be on the lookout for the first offenders of …
2017 Diagnostics Lab Review
Overall, turfgrass samples submitted to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were up by 9% when compared to 2016. …
Post-Application Irrigation: Critical for Root Disease Control
Many soilborne pathogens infect the crowns, stolons, rhizomes, and roots of turfgrass plants often causing detrimental outbreaks of disease. …
Sting the Nematodes Before They Sting You Back!
As soil temperatures continue to rise, we will see an increase in parasitic nematode feeding pressure and population size. …
What the Patch is That!
The unusual weather in the Carolinas this fall and winter have led to substantial patch development on ultradwarf bermudagrass …
What Happened in 2016?
Overall, turfgrass samples submitted to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were down by 6% when compared to 2015. …