This book presents over 450 high-quality color photographs of all the major turfgrass diseases that occur on both warm- and cool-season grasses, and it is international in scope. It includes step-by-step color photo guidance on diagnostic techniques for laboratory analysis which can be used by practitioners. Numerous photographs of each disease are provided.

This one-of-a-kind book will become the standard color guide to disease diagnosis and pathogen identification for all golf course superintendents and turfgrass practitioners.

Contents

Part I: TURFGRASS DISEASE OVERVIEW

• Types of Turfgrass Diseases
• Favorable Conditions for Disease Occurrence
• Characteristics of Turfgrass Dieseases
• Fundamentals Concepts in Disease Control
• Basic Considerations in the Selection and Use of Fungicides
• Turfgrass Culture with Minimal Use of Fungicides, and Control of Environmental Pollution

Part II: DESEASES OF WARM-SEASON TURFGRASSES

• Rhizoctonia Diseases: Rhizoctonia Spring Dead Spot; Large Patch; Rhizoctonia Patch (Elephant Footprint)
• Pythium Diseases: Pythium Spring Dead Spot; Irregular Pythium Patch; Zoysia Pythium Blight
• Fusarium Blight
• Zoysia Decline
• Bermudagrass Decline
• Leptosphaeria Spring Dead Spot
• Curvularia Leaf Blight (Dog Footprint)
• Dollar Spot
• Zoysia Rust
• Bipolaris Leaf Blotch

Part III: DISEASES OF COOL-SEASON TURFGRASSES

• Rhizoctonia Diseases: Rhizoctonia Brown Patch; Yellow Patch (Winter Patch).; Pseudo-Rhizoctonia Brown Patch
• Pythium Diseases: Pythium Red Blight; Pythium Blight (I); Pythium Blight (II); Pythium Yellow Spot
• Fusarium Blight Disesase
• Take-all Patch
• Summer Patch
• Necrotic Ring Spot
• Snow Mold Diseases: Microdochium Patch.(Pink Snow Mold); Typhula Blights (Gray Snow Mold; Pythium Snow Blight; Snow Scald
• Red Thread
• Pink Patch
• Dollar Spot
• Anthracnose
• Dreschslera/Bipolaris Diseases: Brown Blight; Bipolaris Leaf Spot; Melting-out; Net Blotch
• Powdery Mildew
• Rust Diseases - Crown, Leaf, Stem and Stripe
• Stripe Smut
• Leptosphaerulina Leaf Blight

Part IV: DISEASES COMMON TO BOTH WARM- AND COOL-SEASON TURFGRASSES

• Downy Mildew (Yellow Tuft)
• Gray Leaf Spot
• Fairy Rings
• Superficial Fairy Rings
• Slime Molds
• Bacterial Wilt
• Mycoplasma-like Organisms (MLOs)
• Virus Diseases

Part V: SIMPLE METHODS FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS.

• Disease Diagnosis: A Simple Inoculation Method; A Simple Diagnostic Method
• Microscopic Examination of Pathogens
• Diagnostic Color Plates of Pathogen Mycelial Mats

Index

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