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home lawns, institutional and industrial grounds, sod
Turfgrass industry in production, golf courses, athletic fields and other
Kansas includes: recreational turf, parks, roadsides, airports, and
cemeteries.
Turf management involves the right grass, proper mowing, watering, fertilizing,
selecting: and controlling thatch.
is in the transition zone between the northern cool-
Geographically, Kansas is season grass range and the southern warm-season
grass range.
Cool season grasses bluegrass, tall fescue and ryegrass
include
Warm season grasses bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and buffalograss
include
The following practices Select appropriate turfgass species and varieties,
will help maintain overall provide adequate drainage, provide appropriate
turfgrass health and fertility, avoid compaction, prevent excessive thatch,
prevent disease use appropriate mowing heights, improve airflow and
development. light availability
The first step in control of accurate diagnosis
turfgrass problems is
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Determine the overall distribution of the problem,
identify the affected turfgrass species and cultivar (if
possible), observe symptoms on individual plants,
determine weather conditions before and during
To diagnose turfgrass
disease development, knowledge of weather
problems follow these
conditions will help you select the right disease,
steps:
determine potential problems with soil structure or
fertility, determine the history of cultural practices at
the site, review pesticide management practices, use
reference materials
brown patch, dollar spot, fairy ring, large patch of
zoysiagrass, lef spot and melting out, necrotic
Common turfgrass
ringspot, pin snow mold/microdochium patch,
diseases in Kansas include:
powdery mildew, plythium foliar blight, rusts, spring
dead spot, slime molds, andsummer patch
Rhizoctonia salami most common and important
Brown Patch
disease of tall fescue in Kansas
Brown patch is a Summer disease
Brown patch is more Turf grasses under high nitrogen fertilization
severe on
Brown patch initially is Purple-green but quickly fades to light brown
Not fertilizing when brown patch is active, avoid
Management of brown
seeding rates greater than recommended rates , do
patch includes:
not irrigate in late afternoon or evening.
Sclerotina hooeocarpa occurs on all turf grasses
Dollar spot
grown in Kansa
Small roughly circular bleached patches. 2-6"
Dollar spot symptoms
diameter in lawn turf grass. 1-2" on putting greens
Management of dollar Adequate fertilization program a severe damage is
spot includes prevalent in nitrogen deficient turf
Fungi in group of basidiomycetes and can occur in all
Fairy ring is caused by:
species of turf
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Fairy ring fungi grow in the
soil or thatch consuming
organic matter and affect
turf grass growth
Fungal fruiting structures (mushrooms or puffballs)
In fairy ring after rain or May appear in the ring area. In addition whit spongy
heavy watering fungal growth maybe visible in the thatch or soil
underneath the ring
Fairy ring symptoms Three categories.
include
Include turf death and are most common on sand
based putting greens. Has been associated with high
Type 1 fairy rings
salt content and hydrophobic conditions in the soil
caused by fungi
Display a ring of lunch dark green turf and May or
Type 2 Fairy ring
may not have fungal fruiting structures
Develop a ring of fruiting bodies with no visible effect
on the turfgrass. May range in diameter from a few
Type 3 fairy ring
inches to 50 feet or more and they can expand
overtime.
Fairy ring management No management needed as they symptoms are
includes temporary .
Leaf spot and melting out Several different fungi. Most common on Kentucky
is caused by blue grass and tall fescue
Areas or all of the turf may become yellowed and
Nutrient Deficiency stunted. Chlorosis (yellowing) is usually caused by
nitrogen deficiency or iron deficiency.
A thin layer of soil over buried rocks, lumber, bricks,
Buried Debris plaster, or concrete dries out rapidly in dry summer
weather and may resemble disease.
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Thin turf or bare spots appear in heavily used areas.
Waterlogged and heavy-textured (clay) soils become
compacted areas
compacted especially in areas with frequent foot or
vehicle traffic
A green to blackish algae slime may form on bare soil
or thinned turf in low, wet, shaded or heavily used and
Algae
compacted areas. The slimy mass of algae dries to
form a thin, black crust that later cracks and peels.
Like algae, moss occurs where turfgrass has been
Moss thinned due to one or more site or environmental
factors.
Injury from dog or other animal urine may resemble
Animal Urine injury
brown patch or dollar spot.
Thatch is a tightly intermingled layer of decomposing
Thatch stems and roots that develops between green
vegetation and the soil surface.
identify the desirable turfgrass,
•
To plan a good weed
identify the existing weeds, and
control program, you
•
must:
combine pest control with good management
practices.
annual weeds complete less than one year
their life cycle in:
Examples of summer broadleaf weeds, knotweed, spurge, purslane, (grass
annual weeds common to weeds) crabgrass, goosegrass, barnyardgrass, foxtail
turfgrass:
Winter annuals are common chickweed, shepherd's purse, henbit, downy
common in new turfgrass brome annual bluegrass
and include
Biennial weeds normally perennial broadleaf weeds
occur at the same time as
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Turf Pest Control 3B Kansas 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS
||VERIFIED SOLUTIONS (100% CORRECT)
Save
Terms in this set (278)
home lawns, institutional and industrial grounds, sod
Turfgrass industry in production, golf courses, athletic fields and other
Kansas includes: recreational turf, parks, roadsides, airports, and
cemeteries.
Turf management involves the right grass, proper mowing, watering, fertilizing,
selecting: and controlling thatch.
is in the transition zone between the northern cool-
Geographically, Kansas is season grass range and the southern warm-season
grass range.
Cool season grasses bluegrass, tall fescue and ryegrass
include
Warm season grasses bermudagrass, zoysiagrass and buffalograss
include
The following practices Select appropriate turfgass species and varieties,
will help maintain overall provide adequate drainage, provide appropriate
turfgrass health and fertility, avoid compaction, prevent excessive thatch,
prevent disease use appropriate mowing heights, improve airflow and
development. light availability
The first step in control of accurate diagnosis
turfgrass problems is
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Determine the overall distribution of the problem,
identify the affected turfgrass species and cultivar (if
possible), observe symptoms on individual plants,
determine weather conditions before and during
To diagnose turfgrass
disease development, knowledge of weather
problems follow these
conditions will help you select the right disease,
steps:
determine potential problems with soil structure or
fertility, determine the history of cultural practices at
the site, review pesticide management practices, use
reference materials
brown patch, dollar spot, fairy ring, large patch of
zoysiagrass, lef spot and melting out, necrotic
Common turfgrass
ringspot, pin snow mold/microdochium patch,
diseases in Kansas include:
powdery mildew, plythium foliar blight, rusts, spring
dead spot, slime molds, andsummer patch
Rhizoctonia salami most common and important
Brown Patch
disease of tall fescue in Kansas
Brown patch is a Summer disease
Brown patch is more Turf grasses under high nitrogen fertilization
severe on
Brown patch initially is Purple-green but quickly fades to light brown
Not fertilizing when brown patch is active, avoid
Management of brown
seeding rates greater than recommended rates , do
patch includes:
not irrigate in late afternoon or evening.
Sclerotina hooeocarpa occurs on all turf grasses
Dollar spot
grown in Kansa
Small roughly circular bleached patches. 2-6"
Dollar spot symptoms
diameter in lawn turf grass. 1-2" on putting greens
Management of dollar Adequate fertilization program a severe damage is
spot includes prevalent in nitrogen deficient turf
Fungi in group of basidiomycetes and can occur in all
Fairy ring is caused by:
species of turf
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Fairy ring fungi grow in the
soil or thatch consuming
organic matter and affect
turf grass growth
Fungal fruiting structures (mushrooms or puffballs)
In fairy ring after rain or May appear in the ring area. In addition whit spongy
heavy watering fungal growth maybe visible in the thatch or soil
underneath the ring
Fairy ring symptoms Three categories.
include
Include turf death and are most common on sand
based putting greens. Has been associated with high
Type 1 fairy rings
salt content and hydrophobic conditions in the soil
caused by fungi
Display a ring of lunch dark green turf and May or
Type 2 Fairy ring
may not have fungal fruiting structures
Develop a ring of fruiting bodies with no visible effect
on the turfgrass. May range in diameter from a few
Type 3 fairy ring
inches to 50 feet or more and they can expand
overtime.
Fairy ring management No management needed as they symptoms are
includes temporary .
Leaf spot and melting out Several different fungi. Most common on Kentucky
is caused by blue grass and tall fescue
Areas or all of the turf may become yellowed and
Nutrient Deficiency stunted. Chlorosis (yellowing) is usually caused by
nitrogen deficiency or iron deficiency.
A thin layer of soil over buried rocks, lumber, bricks,
Buried Debris plaster, or concrete dries out rapidly in dry summer
weather and may resemble disease.
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Thin turf or bare spots appear in heavily used areas.
Waterlogged and heavy-textured (clay) soils become
compacted areas
compacted especially in areas with frequent foot or
vehicle traffic
A green to blackish algae slime may form on bare soil
or thinned turf in low, wet, shaded or heavily used and
Algae
compacted areas. The slimy mass of algae dries to
form a thin, black crust that later cracks and peels.
Like algae, moss occurs where turfgrass has been
Moss thinned due to one or more site or environmental
factors.
Injury from dog or other animal urine may resemble
Animal Urine injury
brown patch or dollar spot.
Thatch is a tightly intermingled layer of decomposing
Thatch stems and roots that develops between green
vegetation and the soil surface.
identify the desirable turfgrass,
•
To plan a good weed
identify the existing weeds, and
control program, you
•
must:
combine pest control with good management
practices.
annual weeds complete less than one year
their life cycle in:
Examples of summer broadleaf weeds, knotweed, spurge, purslane, (grass
annual weeds common to weeds) crabgrass, goosegrass, barnyardgrass, foxtail
turfgrass:
Winter annuals are common chickweed, shepherd's purse, henbit, downy
common in new turfgrass brome annual bluegrass
and include
Biennial weeds normally perennial broadleaf weeds
occur at the same time as
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