New treatment for spring dead spot
May 21, 2014
Spring dead spot causes many headaches for bermudagrass devotees for many different reasons. First of all, preventive fungicide applications have to be months before symptoms are obvious. Secondly, the disease symptoms can be caused by at least 3 different fungi, each with slightly different behavior. The "gold standard" for spring dead spot in the past has been Rubigan (fenarimol), but this product is being phased out. And finally, the fungicides that are most effective against spring dead spot — such…