First, get out your disease guides. The ‘Turfgrass Disease Compendium’ by the American Phytopathology Society (APS) is a great guide that describes the biology of the pathogens along with pictures.

As an Extension Educator, I have been called upon from time to time to help homeowners understand what is causing their lawns to look sick. Sometimes, we can get to the root of the problem right away, ...

Turfgrass diseases are diagnosed by identifying symptoms and signs of infection. Symptoms are the response of the plant that results from an infection by a plant disease causing organism or stress.

The team evaluated variation in turfgrass injury caused by nine commercially available demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides—a class of fungicide widely used in turfgrass management—commonly used ...

Turfgrass diseases can be a challenge to superintendents. Sometimes, identifying the causal pathogen on the turf can be difficult, and the expertise of a diagnostic lab is necessary. Correct diagnosis ...

A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides, Second Edition, is a current, comprehensive, and hands-on resource focused specifically on the fungicides used for disease control on turfgrass. Author ...

Turfgrass found on golf courses, athletic fields and lawns is susceptible to a fungal pathogen known as dollar spot disease, which is characterized by the appearance of circular spots of dead turf ...

In Delaware, turfgrass diseases are caused by pathogenic fungi and microbes that infect the leaves, stems, and roots of turf type grass plants. With infection, grasses may show symptoms such as leaf ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Golf course managers have much more insight into which fungicides to use to suppress turfgrass diseases, such as the common and costly dollar spot disease, without damaging the grass ...

Study first author Maureen Kahiu, who earned her master’s degree from Penn State with this research project, maneuvers a light box on a research fairway, used to take closeup photos of turfgrass ...