Links of interest
Pesticide labels and MSDS CDMS pesticide labels and MSDS sheets searchable by product name and manufacturer C&P Press pesticide labels and MSDS searchable by company, product, site, and pest - subscription …
Emerald (boscalid) registered in California
This dollar spot-active fungicide was registered by the EPA over a year ago, and finally received California approval last week. Emerald has shown very good activity against dollar spot in research …
Turf Fungicide Tables
In the last year, we have seen the registration of several new turf fungicides that have changed (for the better) the spectrum of products available for disease control. As a result, …
Stray sprays faze turf
This new PACE Clubhouse Edition describes the turf damage that can be caused by oil-based insecticides used by golfers to repell mosquitoes. 1. Full print version: Stray Sprays Faze Turf …
Rove beetles: a good thing or a bad thing?
Rove beetles (family Staphylinidae) are small (less than 1/2” long), thin insects with a cylindrical shape. They live just under the turf surface, in the soil. Their most notable feature are …
Fungicide Active Ingredient Table
In this Fungicide Active Ingredient Table, fungicides are organized on the basis of the diseases that they work most effectively on, and on whether they target turf roots or turf …
Fungicide Resistance Management Table
In this Resistance Management Table, fungicides are organized into Fungicide Resistance Groups based on mode of action and chemical structure. In general, a pest that develops resistance to one fungicide …
Curvularia blight strikes bermuda in California
Dr. Frank Wong reported a diagnosis of curvularia blight from the Coachella Valley of California last week in his Weekly Disease Update (contact Dr. Wong at frank.wong@ucr.edu if you would like …
Bermudagrass decline in Texas
When the wet summer season kicks in throughout the Southern region, bermudagrass greens begin to succumb to bermudagrass decline (caused by Gaeumannomyces). Conversations with Dr. Phil Colbaugh and some photos from …
New Computer Threat
US-CERT The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team announced a threat from a java script that acts similar to a virus that can originate from web pages that you visit. To …
Moss - silver nitrate and bicarbonates
Moss control continues to be a challenge for many superintendents. This update will present some information on use of silver nitrate and sodium or potassium bicarbonate for moss control. The bottom …
Manganese and take-all patch again
The following post is a reminder on how to adjust soil manganese to make take-all patch a “take-less” disease. The first step to managing take-all patch (Gaeumannomyces graminis) is to check …
It’s that time again: monitor soil salinity
Summer is the beginning of drought season in many portions of the world. The exclusive reliance on irrigation frequently leads to a build up of soil salts that can prove stressful, …
Preventing West Nile Virus: the turf connection
Avoiding mosquito bites through the use of DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide)-based insect repellents is one of the first lines of defense against West Nile virus (WNV). However, as this photo from Dan Dinelli …
Fairy ring
Fairy ring symptoms began appearing in the West as early as March of this year, and the disease is finally showing up in much of the rest of the country as …
By popular demand
In response to requests for delivery of your PACE weekly updates by email, you will now receive a plain text version of all updates delivered to your inbox each week. These …
Coarse and fine textured poa
We have all seen the wide range of leaf blade coarseness that poa can exhibit. Just last week, we received greens samples from two different golf courses that beautifully illustrated the …
More on rapid blight (Labyrinthula)
Rapid blight continues to inflict serious damage on poa greens. Keep a close eye out for unusual symptoms and maintain a preventive program if your course has a history of this …
Memorial Day Remembrance
Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day Sleeping the years of their manhood away. ~Will Carleton …
Disease update
Dollar spot (poa and bentgrass) and anthracnose (poa and bentgrass) are hitting the transition zone in the Eastern portion of the country. Rapid blight (poa greens), brown patch (bermudagrass fairways), southern …
Add kikuyugrass to the list of billbug favorites
Billbugs have been recorded as pests on a wide variety of turfgrass types i from bluegrass to centipedegrass to bermudagrass. But we can find only a few mentions of billbugs …
More on billbugs
We reported last week on early billbug infestations that have just begun to sprout in the southwest. These billbugs have been identified as Phoenician billbugs (Sphenophorus phoeniciensis), which are common on …
Anthracnose hits the West
Anthracnose attacks poa greens that are under stress from a variety of factors - heat and drought stress being the most likely in the West due to recent hot and dry …
Billbug season begins
Billbugs are considered to be one of the most mis-diagnosed insect pests on golf course turf. Their small size and their tendency to hide inside stems, crowns and roots make them …
More white grubs arriving early in southwest
We mentioned a few weeks ago that warm springtime temperatures in the western U.S. have promoted early emergence of black turfgrass ataenius beetles. We are now seeing early emergence of masked …
