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Tan lesions on tall fescue leaves due to brown patch.

Updates on Turfgrass Disease Management in NC

Tall Fescue LawnsRain has finally returned to NC, yet most tall fescue samples submitted to our lab (48% of all submissions since 2008) are not diseased. Most issues stem from poor growing…

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…

Golf green with numerous circular brown patches and a white fence in the background

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…

Golf green with red marks and labels: 'Tebuconazole' and 'Propiconazole premix' applied late summer

Precaution Is Better Than a Cure: Spring Disease Management and Thoughts on DMI Safety

Temperatures are warming throughout the Southeast and turf is waking up from a few jabs in the face from mother nature. On March 13th, temperatures dipped well below freezing in many areas and…

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…

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…

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…