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Author(s):Fidanza, Michael A.; Dernoeden, Peter H.; Grybauskas, Arvydas P.
Author Affiliation:Graduate Research Assistant, Professor of Agronomy, Associate Professor of Botany, University of Maryland, College Park 20742-5821
Title:Development and field validation of a brown patch warning model for perennial ryegrass turf
Source:Phytopathology. Vol. 86, No. 4, April 1996, p. 385-390.
Publishing Information:St. Paul, MN: American Phytopathological Society
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Models; Fungicide evaluation; Lolium perenne; Brown patch; Air temperature; Relative humidity; Precipitation; Soil temperature; Soil moisture; Solar radiation; Environmental factors; Disease forecasting; Meteorological factors
Abstract/Contents:"Microclimate in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne 'Caravelle') was monitored for 3 years to identify environmental conditions associated with brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani) outbreaks and to develop a weather-based disease-warning model. The micrometeorological parameters measured were ambient air temperature, relative humidity, leaf wetness duration, precipitation, soil temperature, soil moisture, and solar radiation. Brown patch outbreaks were confirmed by the visual presence of foliar R. solani mycelium. An environmental favorability index (E) was developed to relate a combination of environmental conditions with brown patch outbreaks. The initial index (E₆) was based on relative humidity (RH≥95% for ≥8h; mean RH≥75%), leaf wetness duration (≥6 h) or precipitation (≥12 mm), and minimum air (≥16°C) and soil (≥16°C) temperatures. Further analyses, however, revealed that an equally effective E was provided by a two-variable regression model (E₂). The E₂ model is E=-21.5 ± 0.15RH ±1.4T -0.033, in which RH is the mean relative humidity and T is the minimum daily air temperature. For both E₆ and E₂ models, a threshhold value (i.e., E≥6) constituted a brown patch warning. Brown patch outbreaks were predicted by both models with 85% accuracy over a 3-year period. All major infection events were predicted. In 1993, the warning model was used to field evaluate fungicide performance in perennial ryegrass and colonial bentgrass (Agrostis tenuis 'Bardot'). There were equivalent levels of blighting between the warning model and a 14-day calendar-based spray schedule, but the warning schedule provided a 29% reduction in fungicide applications."
Language:English
References:31
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Fidanza, M. A., P. H. Dernoeden, and A. P. Grybauskas. 1996. Development and field validation of a brown patch warning model for perennial ryegrass turf. Phytopathology. 86(4):p. 385-390.
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