White leaf strikes paspalum
March 21, 2009
The odd symptoms caused by white leaf have been described on poa, bentgrass and bermudagrass. Now, it looks like we can add paspalum to the list of hosts, at least tentatively.
Last week, Fred Fulford, assistant golf course superintendent at The Sanctuary Golf Club on Sanibel Island, Florida, submitted a photo to Dr. Phil Harmon, Turfgrass Pathologist, University of Florida. The photo illustrates typical symptoms, with small areas of entirely white turf plants that suddenly appeared.
Several experts weighed in…