Spring dead spot and herbicides

Spring dead spot (caused by Leptosphaeria and other related fungi) attacks the roots and stolons of bermudagrass during the summer to produce white to straw colored patches that become most apparent months later, during the following spring. Damage from the disease can become even more serious if the turf's root system is stressed by additional factors.

It is for this reasons that researchers have been concerned about the effects of root–active pre–emergence herbicides on the ability of the bermudagrass to…