Herbicide effects on gray leaf spot
November 8, 2004
New information from the Agronomy/Soils/Crops Annual Meetings in Seattle, WA.
Plant pathologists and agronomists from North Carolina State University (JP Gregg, CH Peacock, HD Shew, and LP Tredway) have studied the effects of various herbicides and nutrients on the development of gray leaf spot on tall fescue, and have discovered some surprising results. For example, herbicide applications with products that included 2,4-D had less gray leaf spot than turf that was not treated with this herbicide. In the lab, the…