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Cover page of Disease Management in Landscape Turf extension publication.

New Publication: Disease Management in Landscape Turf

Click the link below to access the publication.https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease-management-in-landscape-turf

Slime mold fruiting bodies on the leaves of a zoysiagrass lawn

Slime Mold Outbreak (Hint: Don't Panic!)

The NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab is currently inundated with samples, phone calls, text messages, emails, smoke signals, and carrier pigeons, all showing symptoms of slime mold. The good news is…

Soil Temperatures in Raleigh since March 1, 2026

Environmental Stress and Turfgrass Performance This Spring

Warm-Season LawnsThis spring has been odd indeed, as we are experiencing a record drought that began in September 2025. That has continued into spring, and even though we have had some warm…

Patchy brown lawn with scattered green grass and a concrete walkway visible at the top

The Blues Brothers: Warm-Season Lawns in NC

Zoysiagrass rejoins with its brother centipedegrass after being released from winter dormancy, but the duo has just days to reunite their stolons and rhizomes and save the home lawn where the two…

Review of Spring Dead Spot and Large Patch Trials From 2021-22

Each year our program conducts 60 to 75 fungicide trials on various turfgrass diseases. Fall disease management trials focus on diseases of warm-season grasses and those diseases include spring dead…

North Carolina map with red highlighted counties; "Tall Fescue Sample Submissions"; 2011–2020; n=215

10-Year NC Landscape Turf Sample Review

The following data was collected from samples submitted to the North Carolina State Turf Diagnostics Lab from 2011 to 2020. This information shows all of the diagnoses we have made on these hosts…

Spring dead spot symptoms in a bermudagrass landscape setting.

Time to Treat for Spring Dead Spot & Large Patch

Written by Halle Hampy, M.S. candidate under the direction of Dr. Jim KernsDespite the unpredictability of 2020, one thing that remains reliable is the changing of the seasons. It’s that time of year…

Front yard lawn with multiple circular dead patches and a young tree near a house

Cool Spring Weather Extends Large Patch Injury on Warm-Season Turf

Large patch, caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani, is one of the most damaging diseases of warm-season turf species such as centipedegrass, St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrass, and seashore paspalum.…

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. The fall cool-down should be around the corner and those with…

What Happened in 2015? (Landscape Edition)

As a follow up to our last post on golf course sample data, here are the stats for all of the turfgrass samples that were submitted to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab from landscape settings in…