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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Cool-Season Grasses: Lawn Establishment and Renovation
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Established turfgrass brings beauty to any landscape. The success of a turfgrass lawn depends on many factors, from soil preparation to seeding and watering. Learn steps for creating a beautiful cool-season grass lawn in this University of Missouri Extens
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 08
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Dollar spot is a common disease on creeping bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass, but it is rare on tall fescue. It also occurs on zoysiagrass, bermudagrass, buffalograss and annual bluegrass .
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Biology and Management of Common Ragweed
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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Biology and Management of Horseweed
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Biology and Management of Waterhemp
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Editor’s note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.
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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.
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 03
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Anthracnose basal rot is a destructive crown rotting disease of creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass on putting greens. On mixed bentgrass/annual bluegrass putting greens, the causal fungus infects one species or the other but rarely both.
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 06
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Copper spot is a foliar disease of bentgrass, with severest outbreaks occurring on velvet bentgrass. It also occurs sporadically on creeping bentgrass greens and higher cut creeping bentgrass tees and fairways. Gloeocercospora sorghi causes a leaf spot of bermudagrass and zoysiagrass as well.
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Identification and Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Page 09
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Drechslera diseases are part of a group of diseases caused by fungi that were once cataloged in the genus Helminthosporium. Over the years, taxonomists have revised the genus Helminthosporium to include the genera Drechslera, Marielliotta, Bipolaris and Exserohilum. This section covers the diseases Drechslera leaf spot and melting-out caused by D. poae and red leaf spot caused by D. erythrospila.
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Selecting Landscape Plants: Flowering Trees
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Flowering trees add beauty and seasonal interest to the landscape. Many, including the popular flowering dogwood (Figure 1), have colorful or interesting fruits that may be edible or attractive to birds.