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What to Consider After a Tropical System for Turf Disease Management

With Debby lurking off the SC and NC coasts, discussing what should be done in the aftermath is essential. Current rain totals vary from 4 to 20 inches, depending on where you are in the Carolinas.…

The chart titled "Curative Suppression of Dollar Spot with Fungicides" from NC State University displays the percentage of dollar spot per plot over time, from May 13 to May 31. It compares six treatments: Secure, Maxima, Posterity, Daconil Ultrex, Chipco

What Is a Fungicide? That Is the Question!

I love the saying that Spring comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb. It says we have no earthly idea what Spring holds for us. But by the end of Spring, all will be okay unless summer shows up…

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Proposed Interim Decision for Chlorothalonil and Implications in Turfgrass Systems

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for chlorothalonil (Registration Review Case #0097) on November 9, 2023, which contains major…

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Disease or Not Disease, That Is the Ultradwarf Question!

As temperatures across our region roller coaster their way into spring, bermudagrass putting greens are often some of the first warm-season turfgrass systems to green up. While that's a good thing…

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Fungicides "Not Working"? - Not So Fast!

Turf diseases are a change in structure and/or function of the plant caused by the continuous irritation of a pathogen that results in the production of symptoms. This is not to remind anyone of the…

Spring dead spot symptoms in a bermudagrass landscape setting.

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…

Preventive Management of PRR with Fungicides

Are You Pythed Off at Pythium Root Rot?

by Halle Hampy, Jim Kerns, and Lee ButlerYou have all heard that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. This is especially true when pathogens attack turfgrasses during the most stressful…

Effect of Urea (40-0-0) on turf quality and brown patch severity

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 transition zone, which is subject to hot, humid summers that predispose tall…

Curative Suppression of Dollar Spot with Fungicides

My Turf is Sick! Spray a Fungicide and Call Me in Two Weeks

By Jim Kerns, Lee Butler, and Nicholas SlipchenkoAll too often turf managers spray a fungicide when disease develops and think the product does not work when they do not observe recovery within a few…