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Author(s):Bailey, Mike
Author Affiliation:Senior Writer, Golfweek's SuperNEWS
Title:Mystery disease: Little is known about spring dead spot
Section:Focus on: Spring prep
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Source:Golfweek's SuperNEWS. Vol. 8, No. 20, November 10 2006, p. 18.
Publishing Information:Orlando, FL: Turnstile Publishing Company
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Spring dead spot; Preventive control; Fenarimol; Disease profile; Disease control; Cold resistance; Ophiosphaerella korrae; Ophiosphaerella herpotricha; Fungicide application; Soil temperature; Turf recovery
Abstract/Contents:Profiles spring dead spot (SDS), stating that it is "a mystifying disease. Some years it turns up despite the best efforts of superintendents to prevent it. In other years, its presence is barely noticeable." Explains that "what researchers do know is that SDS affects mostly Bermudagrass in the transition zone and upper South. It becomes apparent after the turf emerges from dormancy, with areas of declining and eventually dead turf ranging from 6 inches to several feet wide." Suggests that "superintendents make their first fungicide applications when soil temperatures begin to cool into the low 70s...a second application of fungicide four weeks later is also advised." Concludes that "the cool soil temperatures that are conducive for disease in the fall are also conducive for disease in the spring when plants are breaking dormancy and soil temperatures are still cool."
Language:English
References:0
Note:Pictures, color
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bailey, M. 2006. Mystery disease: Little is known about spring dead spot. Golfweek's SuperNEWS. 8(20):p. 18.
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