What are Ground Pearl? Ground pearls are sap sucking insects that are a serious pest of turfgrass and in particular warms season turf. They are closely related to scale insects that are common, sap-sucking pests. Ground Pearl feed on the roots of turf, and cause...
There are several Pythium sp that cause Pythium in turf. This turfgrass blog discusses pythium fungus in grass, what these are and how to identify and control them. Pythium in turfgrass can rear its head as pythium blight, pythium root rot, and damping off. The...
Lawn fungicides are substances that prevent, kill, or slow down grass diseases. There are a wide range of available fungicides designed to control turf grass diseases, classed by factors such as their mobility and mode of action. When choosing a fungicide to manage...
Turf Fungicide Mode of Action Table This discusses Turf fungicide resistance and in fungicide mode of action groups. Fungicide resistance is the ability of fungae to survive exposure to fungicides that would normally kill or inhibit their growth. This fungicide mode...
The use of granular pre-emergent herbicides by turf managers and lawn lovers is now standard practice. Pre emergent herbicides like Barricade® herbicide are widely in use to control grass weeds like crows foot grass and summergrass. In conjunction with this, the...
