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Seen around College Station (Central TX).
Some patches in lawns caught my eye this week. It was interesting to note that there were several lawns in my neighborhood had patch symptoms. Most appear to be due to rhizoctonia blight (common name of disease = brown patch, yellow patch or large patch). I just call it brown patch. The “smoky” halo at the edge of the damage area of the turf was evident in many of them. I have also been getting some reports from the Dallas-Fort Worth area that this disease (caused by the… Read More →
Root rot galore
A quick wrap of things seen in the last couple of weeks as temperature begin to get cooler. At the Plant Clinic, we have some samples with root rot damage. These are root rots of all kinds, occurring on woody ornamental and turf grasses. Why is there a pickup in the incoming samples? There is not an easy answer. It may be that since weather is getting cooler, more people are out in their yards -resulting in greater observations of the damage in the landscape. Another explanation could… Read More →
Never stop learning
Earlier this month, I sent a couple of our Plant Clinic personnel to Florida with a group of AgriLife Extension county agents and specialists to tour some areas that has been affected by the disease, Citrus Greening. This visit also allowed them to interact with researchers, extension personnel and growers in Florida, and also interact with our own AgriLife Extension county agents. I charged both of them to submit a narrative report which is posted below with photos. The ultimate purpose of this trip is the continuing education… Read More →
Really long week and a half.
A week ago I was sitting in meetings in Florida. This was a trip with other researchers, extension personnel and citrus growers from Texas to the University of Florida Citrus Research & Extension Center in Lake Alfred. The discussion included various lesson learned from the situation in Florida. These information were shared by their research, extension personnel and the Florida citrus growers. Their situation was unique in that Citrus Greening (CG) first hit Florida in 2005. At that time, they did not know much about the disease and… Read More →
