Waitea Update

In May, we reported on Dr. Frank Wong's work with waitea patch, a disease that is new to the U.S. Since then, pathologists from around the U.S. (New York, South Carolina, Maryland, California and Connecticut) have been discussing similar problems on poa, bentgrass and even bermudagrass greens. All of these reports share a few things in common:

- The symptoms are similar to those associated with yellow patch (Rhizoctonia cerealis). - The fungus causing the disease resembles Rhizoctonia, with its…