November 9, 2020 1-3:00 pm
Jim P. Kerns, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
E. Lee Butler, Extension Coordinator of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
This workshop will focus on the most important aspects of developing a fungicide program while trying to keep this topic fun. Given the plethora of fungicides on the market, the workshop will present an historical overview of the development of fungicides. The presenters will cover the factors that govern fungicide performance such as fungicide rates, timing, post-application irrigation, and how fungicides move on and within the plant. The workshop will then move into diseases that are difficult to control such as root diseases, dollar spot, and nematodes. Finally, the presenters will deliver an overview of diseases observed in recent years.
Each attendee will have the option to use a worksheet the presenters have developed to assist them in putting together a strong fungicide program for both bermudagrass and creeping bentgrass. The presenters will instruct attendees how to use the worksheet and will also offer attendees the opportunity to submit the fungicide worksheets for the presenters to review. The presenters plan to leave 15 to 25 minutes for questions and other topics.
This seminar will deliver an understanding on what fungicides do and how they work, as well as how they move on or within a turfgrass plant. Attendees will also learn to develop a fungicide program based on data and science rather than a calendar.
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| GCSAA Credits: .20 | BIGGA Credits: 2 | Pesticide Credits for these states: |
| AL: 2, CO: 2, CT: 2, DE: 2, FL: 2, GA: 2, HI: 2, MA: 2, MD: 4, NC: 2, NJ: 4, NY: 1.75, OH: 2, SC: 2, TN: 2, VA: ✔, DC: 2, CANADA IPM Pts: 1.25 | ||
| ✔ Must Take (2) Seminars See chart for details |
Lee Butler manages the turf diagnostics lab while remaining active in the turf pathology field research program. This allows him to work with turfgrass managers to develop effective disease management plans based on his knowledge of current disease activity and observations made in fungicide efficacy trials. After receiving his B.S. degree in Turfgrass Management from NC State, Lee worked in the golf course and landscape management industries before returning to NC State to pursue an M.S. degree in Plant Pathology. During his graduate studies, Lee developed effective control recommendations for spring dead spot control in bermudagrass turf. In addition to speaking at various conferences and meetings across the United States, Lee gives guest lectures in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and in the College of Natural Resources at NC State University.
Dr. Jim Kerns is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist of Turfgrass Pathology at NC State University. His program focuses on the etiology, epidemiology and management of turfgrass diseases of both warm- and cool-season grasses. His program actively researches how fungicides move in the root zone after post-application irrigation, take-all root rot etiology and management, and Pythium root rot management. Each year, his program conducts 50 to 70 different fungicide efficacy trials and examines over 400 samples for disease in the turfgrass diagnostic lab.
