Mad tiller disease

The major symptom of mad tiller disease (known as Ghost Grass in the UK) of cool season grasses is the extreme growth of shoots that results in a few obviously extra long leaves that appear soon after mowing.

The mad tiller syndrome in turf appears to have been first named by Dr. Alan Stewart in New Zealand in 2002 (Stewart, A. 2002. Common disease named!. New Zealand Turf Management Journal. 17:2 p37). The current theory is that the disease is…