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Welcome to Turf Pathology at NC State University, your trusted source for information on turfgrass disease management!

Got a disease problem? See our recent disease alerts for updates on disease outbreaks in the area. Or for a rapid and accurate diagnosis of the problem, send a sample to the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab.

Want to know how to manage a turf disease? Check out our management resources like disease profiles, recent presentations, or the Disease Management Decision Aid, which can help you to select the best fungicide for any given situation.

Interested in our cutting-edge research program? Our research projects on dollar spot, spring dead spot, and fairy ring seek to develop more effective ways to manage these destructive diseases. We also evaluate hundreds of fungicide treatments every year for control of turf diseases in our fungicide performance tests​.

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From Our Blog...
Guess What? Pythium LOVES Water!

Last updated: 5/8/2013

Created by: Lee

Dollar $pot Alert!

Last updated: 4/22/2013

Created by: Lee

It's Back! Large Patch that is ...

Last updated: 4/19/2013

Created by: Lee

Western Turf Conference March 12, 2013

Last updated: 3/4/2013

Created by: Joseph Roberts

Winter Patch Diseases Now Flocking!

Last updated: 1/30/2013

Created by: Lee

Coming in Jan 2013: Dr. Jim Kerns!

Last updated: 9/26/2012

Created by: Lee

Treat for Large Patch Now!

Last updated: 9/19/2012

Created by: Lee

Treat for Spring Dead Spot Now!

Last updated: 9/17/2012

Created by: Lee

15 Minutes of Fame for Leaf Spot

Last updated: 8/24/2012

Created by: Lee

The Rundown

Last updated: 7/23/2012

Created by: Lee

Summer Solstice Welcomes Brown Patch

Last updated: 6/20/2012

Created by: Lee

Pythium Root Rot: History Repeating?

Last updated: 5/25/2012

Created by: Lee

Severe Large Patch Outbreaks in NC

Last updated: 5/2/2012

Created by: Lee

Status Update: The Show Will Go On

Last updated: 1/17/2012

Created by: Lane Tredway

Pythium blight of bermudagrass putting greens

Last updated: 10/31/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

It's Officially Fall! Treat Now for Spring Dead Spot!

Last updated: 9/23/2011

Created by: Lee

It’s Almost Time to Prevent Large Patch!

Last updated: 9/15/2011

Created by: Lee

Getting ready for life without Rubigan

Last updated: 9/15/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Do growth regulators and biostimulants cause yellow etiolation of creeping bentgrass?

Last updated: 9/12/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Program '11 Update: Stress

Last updated: 9/4/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Program '11 Update: Yellow Spot

Last updated: 7/22/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Now entering the 'No DMI Zone'

Last updated: 7/18/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Update on Bacteria in Creeping Bentgrass Greens

Last updated: 7/8/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

Program '11 Update: Dry and Cool

Last updated: 6/29/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

If it's yellow, just be mellow

Last updated: 6/24/2011

Created by: Lane Tredway

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