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NC STATE UNIVERSITY; two golf-green photos showing turf discoloration; text "Photos from Samples Submitted Early-Mid March"

Yuck! TARR on Your Heels?

Last fall was conducive for take-all root rot (TARR) in ultradwarf bermudagrass putting greens. There were substantial rain events in the fall which likely limited residual of fungicides as well. So…

Patchy golf green showing brown and green turf discoloration, golf cart at top edge

Does Pythium Root Dysfunction Equal Pythium Root Rot?

The dog days of summer are upon most in the United States. Many areas have been hot and some areas have also been wet. Working with clients of the Turfgrass Diagnostic Lab here at NC State…

Grid of petri dishes with fungal colonies; rows labeled Gg1–Mc2, columns 50°F–95°F

Too Early for Take-All Root Rot Apps?

Written by Cameron Stephens, Ph.D. candidate under the direction of Dr. Jim Kerns and Dr. Travis GannonTake-all root rot (TARR) is a detrimental disease of highly maintained ultradwarf bermudagrass…

Six labeled pots with small grass clumps in sand, labels: Gg, Gx, Ggram, Cc, Mc, NTC

Take-All Root Rot: A Complex Disease

Written by Cameron Stephens, a Ph.D. student co-advised by Dr. Jim Kerns and Dr. Travis GannonTake-all root rot (TARR) is a disease of ultradwarf hybrid bermudagrass maintained at < 0.2” (5mm) for…

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…

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…