Diseases of Warm-Season Turfgrasses
Instructor: Jim Kerns, Ph.D.
This six-week course will provide a fundamental understanding of diseases of warm-season turfgrasses. Each week will focus on the identification, biology, and management of a different disease or group of diseases. By the end of the course the students will have a comprehensive understanding of how to manage the most important warm-season turfgrass diseases.
Designed Duration: 6 Lectures, 6 Quizzes
Credits Earned: 2
Curriculum
- 8 Sections
- 8 Lessons
- 1 Quiz
- 9h Duration
Welcome to Diseases of Warm-Season Turfgrass!
2 Lessons
- About this course
- How to use GreenKeeper University Software
Section 1: Introduction to Turfgrass Diseases and Turfgrass Fungicides
1 Lesson
- Lecture 1: Introduction to Disease Control
Section 2: Take-All Root Rot and Spring Dead Spot
1 Lesson
- Lecture 2: Biology and Management of Take-All Root Rot and Spring Dead Spot
Section 3: Large Patch and Leaf and Sheath Spot (Mini-Ring)
1 Lesson
- Lecture 3: Large Patch and Mini-Ring
Section 4: Pythium Diseases of Warm-Season Grasses (Pythium Blight and Root Rot)
1 Lesson
- Lecture 4: Pythium
Section 5: Fairy Ring, Leaf Spots, and Other Diseases
1 Lesson
- Lecture 5: Fairy Ring, Leaf Spots, and Other Diseases
Section 6: Nematodes
1 Lesson
- Lecture 6: Nematodes
End of Course Quiz
1 Quiz
- Diseases of Warm-Season Turf Final
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May 29, 2024 @ 3:41 am
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