Title: Manage turfgrass diseases.
Course: Turfgrass Management, Advanced (18054-IV) > Section: Managing Natural and Synthetic Turfgrass Areas

Management should include

- identification of turf diseases
- contributing factors or causes (e.g., thatch, environment, pathogenic fungi, nematodes, weather)
- types of turf diseases
- prevention of diseases
- life cycle/stages of development of turf diseases
- management threshold.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the consequences of improper turfgrass disease identification?
- How do the stages of development of a disease affect management of the turf area?
- What factors influence management of turf diseases?