Development and validation of a weather-based warning system to advise fungicide applications to control dollar spot on turfgrass.

ABSTRACT: Dollar spot is one of the most common diseases of golf course turfgrass and numerous fungicide applications are often required to provide adequate control. Weather-based disease warning systems have been developed to more accurately time fungicide applications; however, they tend to be ineffective and are not currently in widespread use. The primary objective of this research was to develop a new weather-based disease warning system to more accurately advise fungicide applications to control dollar spot activity across a broad geographic and climactic range. The new dollar spot warning system was developed from data collected at field sites in Madison, WI and Stillwater, OK in 2008 and warning system validation sites were established in Madison, WI, Stillwater, OK, Knoxville, TN, State Col

SUBMITTER: Smith DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5844563 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature