New information on rapid blight biology and management
April 10, 2006
In her presentation at the April 7, 2006 PACE Turfgrass Research Seminar, Dr. Mary Olsen of the University of Arizona reviewed recent progress in her work with the pathogen that causes rapid blight, Labyrinthula terrestris. View her presentation here(333 KB). Key results included:
- On overseeded fairways, fungicide programs that were triggered preventively — (timed as soon as the overseed was up) and were based on the high labeled rates of products such as Insignia, Compass or Fore, were most…