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UMD Turfgrass Program Field Day is around the corner! Come and join us to see research trials and hang out with colleagues and friends! On the fun side, we are gonna have a cornhole tournament 😌

We inoculated newly established perennial rye for gray leaf spot last week and got the first symptoms after a week. I was concerned about getting Pythium and started preventative app, Mother Nature sent brown patch instead 😁

Only 5 days to our 2023 Turfgrass Field Day! Hope to see many of you next Tuesday. Big shoutout to all our supporters and sponsors that make this event possible.UMD Turf

Thanks to all who attended our 2023 field day and our wonderful sponsors! It was a hot day but our enthusiastic attendees made it a great day.

Finally got to publish the first updated UMD turf pathology extension pub. Check out the dollar spot fact sheet published by UME here: go.umd.edu/FS-2023-0665

Performance of preventative fungicides in gray leaf spot management on perennial ryegrass! and yes, some weeds…

Our in vitro tests show an impressive effect of UVC in the management of dollar spot pathogen. Preliminary greenhouse work showed 60 sec of irradiation works better for cooking turf 😂 Big shout out to Uday kumar and Kabita Sl for leading the work.UMD Turf #turfgrass #IPM

You can check out our new publication (a collaborative effort between USDA and UMD) on the effect of long term fertilization and cultivation on nematode abundance and ecology in tall fescue turf here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… Benjamin Waldo UMD Turf

It is sad to see our valued turf farm manager “Dave Funk” is retired (well happy for him too). UMD has opened the Farm Manager position. Please circulate! UMD Turf

Please join the APS Turfgrass Pathology Committee for an informal Happy Hour this afternoon (Friday, April 19th) at 3:30 PM eastern to celebrate the life and career of Dr. Joe Vargas. DM for Zoom information

We got our new toy up and running! Still a few final details to fine-tune but generally done.We are testing the effect of UVC on cool season turf diseases. Big shout out to our farm mechanic (Joe DeRico) for assembling the system and Uday kumar for leading the work.UMD Turf

We are conducting a summer patch trial at one of our cooperators’ site to identify the best application timing and number of applications. This is a collaborative project between UMD and PSU Thomas Lai John Kaminski, Ph.D. UMD Turf

Brown patch on tall fescue spotted this week, a few weeks earlier than usual in Maryland! UMD Turf

Sometimes fungicides make a whole lot of difference! Well, some of them! Gray leaf spot fungicide trials at UMD Turf

Seeing SLF more frequently in MD this year! Either I am paying more attention or they are more.

Our last year nematode survey resulted in the first report of sting nematode from turf in MD UMD Turf

Gray leaf spot symptoms on tall fescue, golf course rough, mid September UMD Turf

I want to share the news of my transition from UMD and joining Envu as an Early Development Manager-T&O Disease Management. I’m looking forward to this new chapter and grateful to my colleagues, collaborators and Mid-Atlantic turfgrass industry for their support along the way.

More research out today, this time on cultural practices for dollar spot control. N fert and dew removal saw the biggest reductions, but stacking multiple practices still didn't give acceptable control. Fereshteh Shahoveisi John Kaminski, Ph.D. Ed Nangle David McCall doi.org/10.1002/its2.1…

Who says turf diseases do not have a linear pattern?! Well, seems brown patch does 😂Envu Golf US Pingyuan (Bay) Zhang 张平远