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NC State three-panel: turf "Cold Injury/Chloroplast Masking"; closeup "Purple Leaf Tip"; "Leaf spot"

Purple Bermudagrass Greens? Cold Weather Likely to Blame

This fall, the weather has been ideal for golf and mainly for reducing pathogen activity. Signs of mini-ring and take-all root rot are appearing on bermudagrass putting greens, but the pathogens were…

2023 Client Distribution bar chart: Golf 67%, Lawn 30%, Orn. Nursery 3% (% of all turf samples)

2023 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2023 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were 11% higher than samples submitted in 2022 and 14% above our 15-year running average. As expected, the…

Red turf coring tool standing upright on green turf surface

Purple Spots on Your Ultradwarf Bermudagrass Putting Greens?

Purple haze all on my bermudagrass putting greens. Lately, this turf just don’t seem the same. Actin’ funny like Pythium blight but I don’t know why. ‘Scuse me while I scream at the sky! Help me!…

Golf putting green showing multiple circular brown turf damage patches

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…

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…

Map of USA showing 2021 turfgrass sample origins; 38% NC, 63% SE (TN/NC/MS/AL/GA/SC/FL)

2021 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2021 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were higher (+3.5%) than samples submitted in 2020, likely in part due to no COVID related lab closures like we…

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…

Map of North Carolina counties colored, titled "Creeping Bent PG Sample Submissions", 2011–2020, n=808

10-Year NC County Golf 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…

US map showing 2020 turfgrass sample origins; 45% NC, 74% SE*

2020 Diagnostics Lab Review

Overall, total turfgrass samples submitted in 2020 to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab were lower than samples submitted in 2019, most likely due to an extended closure (52 days) during the…