Diseases
June Featured Fact Sheet: Rusts of Turfgrasses
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All commonly grown turfgrasses in the Midwest — bluegrasses, fescues, ryegrasses, zoysiagrasses, and bermudagrass — are attacked by one or more rust fungi in the genus Puccinia (Table 1). Other rust genera (Uromyces and Physopella) attack turfgrasses outside of the Midwest. Bentgrasses are usually not affected. Rust fungi are obligate parasites and infect only living grass plants. Two or more rusts may attack the same grass plant at the same time. Grass plants are most easily infected under stressful growing conditions.
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Disease Factsheets
Anthracnose Disease
Armillaria Root Rot
Cytospora or Leucostoma Canker
Iron Chlorosis
Leaf Diseases
Leaf Scorch
Needle Blights and Needle Casts
Oak Wilt and Its Control
Phomopsis Twig Blight
Rusts of Turfgrasses
Slime Molds in Turfgrasses
Sphaeropsis Blight or Diplodia Tipblight
Tulip Fire or Botrytis Blight