In the paper, the research team showed that when they tested whether soil treated with UD1022 would be enough to prime turfgrass plants’ innate defense response to resist dollar spot infection — the ...

As fall begins, many turfgrasses show signs of common diseases. “These fungi are always present, but disease occurs when the environmental conditions are ideal for its development,” says Clint Waltz, ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – All of the recent moisture and humidity we’ve been having so far this summer could spell some trouble for your lawns. If you’re noticing some odd spots in your grass, it ...

Dollar spot disease is a pervasive and economically significant fungal affliction of amenity turfgrasses across the globe. Attributed to species within the genus Clarireedia – formerly recognised as ...

When spring and summer rains combine with heat and humidity, we can expect the resurgence of warm-season turf diseases. One disease that is always present but really makes itself known in our ...

Take-all root rot is a warm-season turf disease affecting zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine grasses. Symptoms include yellowing, thinning turf, and black, rotten roots. Proper irrigation, ...

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 ...