scholarly journals Influence of calcium and nitrogen fertilizer on creeping bentgrass infected with dollar spot under cool temperatures

itsrj ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyan Jiang ◽  
Waana Kaluwasha ◽  
Xi Xiong

Plant Disease ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Latin

The duration of effective concentrations of fungicides for control of dollar spot on creeping bentgrass fairways was investigated using a bioassay technique. In each of three runs of the experiment, fungicide treatments were applied once to turf in replicated field plots; then, the plots were sampled periodically over 3 weeks by removing turf plugs from the field. The sampled plugs were placed in incubation containers and inoculated with sections from a 4-day-old colony of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa growing on potato dextrose agar. After a 96-h incubation period, the extent of pathogen growth on the turf plugs was measured. Results described a precipitous decline in effective concentration for all fungicide treatments beginning 7 to 10 days after application. The fungicides were only marginally effective at 14 days after application, and none provided any disease suppression at 21 days after application. The efficacy half-life (EHL) associated with four of the fungicides (chlorothalonil, iprodione, propiconazole, and thiophanate methyl) was estimated with two models. EHL estimates ranged from 6.1 to 15.2 days depending on the fungicide and the model. This research contributes to our knowledge of the duration of effective fungicide concentrations on creeping bentgrass and can provide insight for scheduling fungicide sprays for golf course fairways.



Crop Science ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 1206-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Horvath ◽  
A. N. Kravchenko ◽  
G. P. Robertson ◽  
J. M. Vargas


Plant Disease ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 88 (11) ◽  
pp. 1269-1276 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Viji ◽  
W. Uddin ◽  
N. R. O'Neill ◽  
S. Mischke ◽  
J. A. Saunders

Sixty-seven isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, causing dollar spot disease in creeping bentgrass, annual bluegrass, Bermudagrass, and perennial ryegrass turf, collected from 23 golf courses in various geographical regions of the United States and Canada between 1972 and 2001, were characterized by vegetative compatibility, genetic diversity, and pathogenicity. Eleven vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs A to K) were identified among the isolates tested in this study, and five of them (VCGs G to K) were new. VCG B was the most predominant group, typifying 33 isolates (51%) tested. S. homoeocarpa isolates collected from golf courses in Pennsylvania belonged to seven VCGs (A, B, E, F, G, I, and K), whereas three groups were observed in those collected from New York (B, E, and G) and New Jersey (E, H, and I). Two isolates, one each from Pennsylvania and Canada, were incompatible when paired with the tester isolates in all possible combinations, and did not fall into any known VCG. An isolate collected from Canada was compatible with tester isolates from two VCGs (C and D). Genetic analyses using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) showed the presence of two genetically distinct groups, designated as major group and the minor group. The major group included 36 isolates collected from various golf courses in the United States and Canada. Two isolates collected from bermudagrass in Florida formed a separate cluster, the minor group. Isolates that belonged to the major group were further divided into two subgroups (1 and 2). Subgroup 1 consisted of all the isolates that belonged to VCGs A, E, G, H, and I. Three of the four isolates that belonged to VCG K also were clustered with isolates of subgroup 1. Subgroup 2 consisted of all the isolates from VCG B, and one each from VCGs F and K. Pathogenicity assays on Penncross creeping bentgrass showed significant differences (P = 0.05) in virulence among the isolates. Overall, a relationship between virulence and VCGs was observed, in which certain virulence groups corresponded to specific VCGs; however, such a relationship was not observed between virulence and AFLPs. Close similarity among isolates of S. homoeocarpa collected from different locations in the United States and Canada suggests that isolates of the same genotype could be involved in outbreaks of dollar spot epidemics at multiple locations.



Plant Disease ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 95 (11) ◽  
pp. 1433-1442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Putman ◽  
John E. Kaminski

Management of dollar spot (incited by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) on golf course fairways is increasingly challenging. The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of mowing frequency and plant growth regulators (PGRs) on dollar spot severity and on the residual efficacy of fungicides for control of dollar spot. Two 4-month-long studies were conducted on ‘Putter’ creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) maintained as a fairway at the University of Connecticut. Treatments were arranged in a three-by-three-by-five factorial that assessed the influence of mowing frequency (2, 4, or 6 days week–1) and PGRs (paclobutrazol, trinexapac-ethyl, or none) on dollar spot control by five fungicide treatments (boscalid, chlorothalonil, iprodione, propiconazole, or none). Turf was mowed in the afternoon hours to minimize the confounding effect of mowing frequency on leaf wetness duration. Treatments were initiated in the late spring of 2007 and 2008, and each fungicide treatment was reapplied only when dollar spot exceeded a threshold of five infection centers plot–1. In the absence of fungicides, dollar spot severity was reduced by 63 to 90% in plots treated with paclobutrazol and by 13 to 55% in plots treated with trinexapac-ethyl. Dollar spot severity was 23 to 50% lower in plots mown 2 days week–1 compared with those mown 6 days week–1. In cases where a significant interaction was observed between mowing frequency and PGRs, dollar spot was reduced on most rating dates in plots treated with trinexapacethyl that were mown 2 days week–1 compared with those mown 6 days week–1. Survival analysis of days until threshold was met revealed that duration of control of fungicides in plots receiving paclobutrazol were 28 to 84% longer compared with plots not receiving PGR. Duration of control by fungicides was generally similar between plots treated with trinexapac-ethyl and no PGR. In general, mowing frequency did not influence duration of control. Results from this study indicate that paclobutrazol could be used to increase the treatment interval of fungicides and that mowing frequency in the absence of dew is likely to have little influence on fungicide residual efficacy. When used without fungicides, PGRs and less frequent mowing may reduce dollar spot in situations where fungicide use is limited.





2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. P. Ryan ◽  
P. H. Dernoeden ◽  
A. P. Grybauskas ◽  
B. Momen


Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vincelli ◽  
J. C. Doney ◽  
A. J. Powell

Dollar spot was allowed to develop from natural inoculum in 15 cultivars of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) until epidemics were well established. At that time, initial disease intensities were assessed, and one-half of each plot was treated with cyproconazole at 0.3 kg a.i./ha. For each cultivar, disease intensities were assessed 6 to 14 days after treatment in both treated and untreated subplots. Three general patterns of recovery were observed: (i) significant recovery only with fungicide treatment; (ii) some recovery without treatment but greater recovery with treatment; and (iii) equal recovery with or without treatment. Only one cultivar exhibited the same recovery pattern in all 3 years; 10 of 15 cultivars exhibited the same pattern in 2 years of testing. In 1991 and 1993, nearly all cultivars tested recovered more quickly when treated with cyproconazole than when left untreated. In contrast, nearly half of the cultivars in 1992 exhibited the same level of recovery in both treated and untreated subplots. Weather conditions during the 1992 test period were cooler and wetter than during the other years of the study, which probably favored host growth and turfgrass recovery. While some cultivars exhibited partial resistance to dollar spot, no consistent association was found among creeping bentgrass cultivars between the level of partial resistance to, and recuperative ability from, dollar spot. Although the recuperative potential of cultivars varies in different environments, the ability to recover quickly from a disease outbreak could be a valuable cultivar attribute, particularly if it can sometimes occur without a curative fungicide application.



1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT HALL

In 1981 and 1982 epidemics of dollar spot of creeping bentgrass, caused by Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, proceeded in a series of steps. Each step began at a point where a decline in the epidemic rate was followed by an increase in the epidemic rate and continued until a new step began. A step in the epidemic occurred after two consecutive wet days if the average temperature for the period was at or above 22 °C or after three or more consecutive wet days if the average temperature for the period was 15 °C or greater. These weather conditions were referred to as "infection periods." In 1982, an application of Tersan 1991 (benomyl) 1 and 2 days after two infection periods provided an acceptable level of disease control as effective as that obtained from a regular preventive schedule of seven sprays.Key words: Agrostis palustris, disease control, Sclerotinia homoeocarpa, weather-timed spray



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