DISEASE IDENTIFICATION

Many diseases occur on the turfgrasses that are used throughout North Carolina. Most of the diseases included here are caused by fungi. Some problems that resemble diseases are caused by environmental or management factors such as cold, heat, drought, high soluble salts, soil compaction, or chemical damage. Careful identification of the cause of a problem is important for the selection of proper control methods.

DISEASE MANAGEMENT NEW!

The disease management decision aid returns a list of active ingredients (AIs), ranked according to efficacy, based on the user’s input of turfgrass species and diseases present. Up to 5 diseases can be selected at one time, and the AIs are sorted based on average efficacy against the diseases selected. The user may then select up to 5 AIs to be applied, and a new page is generated for each AI that includes product trade names, application rates and intervals, application instructions, label precautions and restrictions, and recommended strategies to prevent fungicide resistance. Information sheets on each disease are also available, which summarize disease symptoms, factors that foster disease development, cultural control methods, and recommendations on the proper use and timing of fungicide applications.

TURF/CULTIVAR SELECTION

This decision aid will assist you in selecting the best grass and varities based on your environmental and turf use requirements. Results are based on a compilation of commercially available varieties that have exhibited good performance in North Carolina State University research trials across the state. These performance recommendations are based on overall individaul variety quality ratings.

TURF & WEED IDENTIFICATION

Identification of turf grasses and weeds is important for proper turf management. This decision aid will assist you in identifing grasses, broadleafs, and sedges common found in in North Carolina turf environments.

WEED MANAGEMENT

This decision aid targets key weeds common to North Carolina turfgrasses. It presents information from hundreds of herbicide trials performed by Fred Yelverton, Leon Warren, Travis Gannon, Jason Hinton, and others in the Crop Science Department at North Carolina State University from 1997 until the present.

TURF IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TIMS)

The TIMS Water Management Program is available to North Carolinians to calculate and track irrigation use. Using the NC Climate Office current weather data, TIMS can tell you in number of minutes how long to water your lawn.