

Bermudagrass for Athletic Fields
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 13
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Large patch is a cool-season disease of warm-season grasses. Symptoms are most common when these grasses are either entering or coming out of dormancy.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 16
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Necrotic ring spot is a destructive disease of Kentucky bluegrass, but may also occur on red fescue and annual bluegrass. The disease is particularly damaging to bluegrass.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 19
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Spring dead spot is a destructive disease of common bermudagrass and bermudagrass hybrids throughout the northern range of its adaptation in the U.S.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 22
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Yellow patch is a cool-season disease that occurs on bentgrass and annual bluegrass putting greens and sometimes on higher-gut Kentucky bluegrass.

Biology and Management of Common Ragweed
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Biology and Management of Horseweed
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Cool-Season Grasses: Lawn Establishment and Renovation
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Learn how to successfully establish or renovate cool-season grass lawns with proper soil preparation, seeding techniques, and essential fertilization steps.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 02
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Accurate diagnosis is the key to managing turfgrass disease in an environmentally and economically sound manner. When the cause is not accurately identified and management practices and control measures are not developed accordingly, inputs are wasted and high reestablishment costs may be incurred.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 05
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Brown patch is a sheath- and leaf-blighting summer disease that is common on tall fescue and bentgrass. It is particularly severe on tall fescue. With increased use of tall fescue in urban and commercial landscapes, brown patch has become a significant management problem.

Grasses in Shade: Establishing and Maintaining Lawns in Low Light
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Growing grass under trees is hard because the quality as well as the quantity of light changes in the shade. Learn what grass species and cultivars are shade-tolerant and how to manage a shady lawn in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 08
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Learn to identify and manage dollar spot, a common turfgrass disease affecting bentgrass and bluegrass, with symptoms, conditions, and control methods.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 11
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Gray leaf spot, also called blast, occurs in most areas of the country where perennial ryegrass is grown. Disease development is sporadic with little or no disease development in some years. Nevertheless, the potential destructiveness of gray leaf spot forces many turfgrass managers to apply preventive fungicide applications every year.


Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 14
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Rhizoctonia zeae forms pink to orange bulbils (resting structures). The fungus has been observed with increasing frequency since the early 2000s.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 17
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Pythium foliar blight is one of the most feared turfgrass diseases, because the disease develops rapidly during periods of high temperature and high relative humidity. If left untreated, extensive loss of turf can occur in a few days.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 20
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Summer patch, sometimes referred to as frogeye patch, is a destructive disease of Kentucky bluegrass maintained for golf course fairways, green surrounds, parks and residential landscapes

Biology and Management of Waterhemp
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 23
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Yellow tuft is a cool-season disease that is commonly observed on creeping bentgrass and intensively managed Kentucky bluegrass.

Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases
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This publication is designed to be a useful reference for diagnosticians, turfgrass managers, industry representatives and others who want to learn how to diagnose and manage common turfgrass diseases caused by plant pathogenic fungi.

Understanding Glyphosate to Increase Performance
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Sewer Line Chemical Root Control (Category 5B)
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This manual contains information that applicators must be familiar with to become a certified sewer line root control applicator.

Selecting Landscape Plants: Flowering Trees
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Discover how to select flowering trees that enhance your landscape with beauty and seasonal interest, including species like the flowering dogwood.

Controlling Nuisance Woodpeckers
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Learn effective methods to prevent and control woodpecker damage to buildings, including exclusion techniques, visual repellents, and habitat modifications.
