There are over 100 diseases that affect North Carolina turfgrasses. Fortunately, there are only about 25 turfgrass diseases that develop year after year. The following is a list of the most common diseases that affect North Carolina turfgrasses.

• Algae
• Anthracnose
• Brown Patch
• Copper Spot
• Damping Off
• Dollar Spot
• Fairy Ring
• Gray Leaf Spot
• Gray Snow Mold
• Large Patch
• Leaf and Sheath Blight (Mini Ring)
• Leaf Spot
• Microdochium Patch
• Nematodes
• Powdery Mildew
• Pythium Blight
• Pythium Root Dysfunction
• Pythium Root Rot
• Red Leaf Spot
• Red Thread
• Rust
• Slime Mold
• Spring Dead Spot
• Summer Patch
• Take-All Root Rot
• White Patch
• Yellow Patch
• Yellow Tuft