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Home Lawn Patches and Disease

Turfgrass is a ground cover that is pleasing to look at, durable and an excellent oxygen producer. Many people enjoy keeping their lawn in tip-top shape while others just want to keep it from dying. The fact sheets on this page help you tap into MSU's 100-year history of home lawn expertise.

 

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Summer Arrives

Weed ID & Control

Dealing with Grubs

European Chafer

Japanese Beetles

Irrigation & Drought

Phosphorus

I've got MOLES!

Crabgrass Control

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Weekly Landscape Advisory

Lawncare University DVD

 

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Mowing, irrigation, cultivation, aerification, raking.Seeding, sodding, starting over, seed selection, species selection.Information on white grubs and other root feeding insects.Broadleaf weeds, crabgrass and other weed problems.Patches, disease, circles, spots.

Home Lawn Disease ID and Management Resources:

Rick Latin, professor of plant pathology at Purdue University, has put together an excellent set of turfgrass disease bulletins. The Turfgrass Disease Profiles provide diagnostic and management information on 16 turfgrass diseases that commonly occur in midwestern states.

Turfgrass Diseases Profiles : Purdue University

Bulletin #
Title
Format
BP-101-W
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Snow Mold
PDF | 762k
BP-102-W
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pink Snow Mold
PDF | 254k
BP-103-W
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Leaf Spot / Melting Out
PDF | 256k
BP-104-W
Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Red Thread
PDF | 369k
BP-105-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Dollar Spot PDF | 460k
BP-106-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Brown Patch PDF | 237k
BP-107-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Gray Leaf Spot PDF | 381k
BP-108-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Anthracnose PDF | 216k
BP-109-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Pythium Blight PDF | 240k
BP-110-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Leaf Rust PDF | 253k
BP-111-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Powdery Mildew PDF | 208k
BP-112-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Slime Molds PDF | 233k
BP-113-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Fairy Ring PDF | 230k
BP-114-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Take All Patch PDF | 258k
BP-115-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Summer Patch PDF | 518k
BP-116-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Necrotic Ring Spot PDF | 264k
BP-125-W Turfgrass Disease Profiles: Seasonal Activity of Turfgrass Pathogens
PDF | 575k

Integrated Pest Management | 116k
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a system of managing pests by using a variety of control methods.

Integrated Pest Management Lawn Problem Solver : NCR-192 Regional Turfgrass Project

 

 

 

 

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