Spring is just around the corner
Spring Awakening: Golf Course Season Kicks Off with Turf Pest Diagnostic Focus As the sun peeks out from the cloudy winter skies and the temperature rises, golf enthusiasts eagerly anticipate the start of the golf course season. While the players are honing their...
Prime disease season is here
Much of Pennsylvania has hot (and some wet) weather forecasted. While temperatures look to be in the low 80s in areas like Erie and Scranton, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia temperatures will be in the upper 80s and low 90s for the next week or two. Regardless of the...
Pest Update – June 20th
Diseases The short stretch of hot weather over the past week lead to some "negative for disease" samples in the lab. In most cases, these are areas that are starting to get stressed during the hot weather. We did, however, start to see brown patch starting to show up...
PSU Turf Pest Update – June 6, 2022
Turf pest updates from what we are seeing around the region and in the lab. Brown Ring Patch to Pythium Samples in our lab indicate major outbreaks of brown ring patch (aka, Waitea patch) throughout much of the central and western portions of Pennsylvania, with the...
Turfgrass Pest Diagnostic Lab Updates
The Penn State Turfgrass Pest Diagnostic Lab offers diagnostic and pesticide resistance screening services for commercial turfgrass managers throughout the world. Our goal is to provide rapid and accurate diagnosis of turfgrass pests and provide cultural and chemical management recommendations.