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Sample Fees Waived for Western NC Turf Managers

For the remainder of 2024, the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab will waive all fees associated with turfgrass disease diagnosis for anyone managing turfgrass in the Western portions of our state…

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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.…

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Yellow Spot or Bacterial Etiolation? That Is the Question.

With the rapid transition from hot and dry to hot and humid, yellow spots develop on cool-season grass putting greens. Some are worried that the dreaded bacterial etiolation is making a comeback.…

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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Why Should You Love Soil Temperatures When Managing Bermudagrass Diseases?

As the summer is coming to a close, except for 100oF temperatures in September, we are in the window to manage those important diseases of ultradwarf bermudagrass putting greens. Spring dead spot…

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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…

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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…

North Carolina county map with red and gray counties; title "2013-22 Creeping Bentgrass Submission Origin"

North Carolina Putting Green Samples - 10 Year Review

The following post is a 10-year review (2013-2022) of turfgrass samples submitted to our lab from golf course putting greens solely in North Carolina. North Carolina is located in the transition zone…

Map of 2022 turfgrass sample origins by US state; 44% NC, 68% SE (TN/NC/MS/AL/GA/SC/FL)

2022 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2022 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were higher (+16%) than samples submitted in 2021, which brings us back to a normal year since it was very…