NRES 489: Turfgrass Pathology Lecture Schedule
Professor
H.T. Wilkinson, hwilkins@uiuc.edu
Gradudate Assistant
Elizabeth Bucher-Cury, EBucher@uiuc.edu
Note: all “
Class website: http://www.turf.uiuc.edu/hort489/
[October]
(Week
#1)
27 Turfgrass
IPM & Abiotic Using the management unit concept to build a pest Stresses of Turf management
program integrated with a turf management program.
28 Turfgrass
Pathology Fundamentals
of turfgrass disease and turfgrass
epidemics. Review of reference
materials.
29 Snow
Molds Gray snow mold and pink snow mold. Disease
outlines,
activation temperatures, diagnosing disease and management.
[November]
(Week
#2)
3 Early
Spring Diseases Leaf blights and
anthracnose.
4 Management Programs Develop comprehensive management program:
Gray
and pink snow molds.
5 Spring Yellow Diseases Yellow patch, yellow tuft.
(Week
#3)
10 Patch
Diseases I Root
structure, Take-all patch, & necrotic ring spot.
11 Management
Programs Develop comprehensive
management programs.
For
Leaf blights, anthracnose, yellow patch, & yellow turf.
12 Patch
Disease II Summer patch
& zoysia patch.
(Week #4)
17 Summer
Diseases I Dollar spot &
brown patch.
18 Management
Program Develop comprehensive
management programs:
take-all,
necrotic ring spot, summer patch, & zoysia
patch.
19 Summer
Diseases II Fairy rings and
yellow ring.
[December]
(Week #5)
1 Summer
Disease III Pythium blight
& red thread.
2 Management
Programs Develop comprehensive
management programs: Dollar spot, brown
patch, fairy rings, & yellow ring.
3 Summer
Diseases IV Rust & smut
(Week #6)
8 Management
Programs Develop comprehensive
management programs:
Pythium blight, red thread, rust, & smut.
Exam III review.
9 Third
Hourly Exam Exam to cover all
materials dealing with turfgrass
pathology.
10 Turf
Pathology Review Exam III returned
and general course review
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