NRES 489: Turfgrass Pathology Lecture Schedule

 

Professor H.T. Wilkinson, hwilkins@uiuc.edu

Gradudate Assistant Elizabeth Bucher-Cury, EBucher@uiuc.edu

 

Note:  all “ Readings ” reference pages in Controlling Turfgrass Pests by Fermanian/Shurtleff/Randell/Wilkinson/Nixon, Third Ed., 2003.

 

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. 

Reading :  5-83.

 

28        Turfgrass Pathology                        Fundamentals of turfgrass disease and turfgrass epidemics.  Review of reference materials. Tuesday lab exercises.

                                                            Reading :  193-199, 212-214.

 

29        Snow Molds                          Gray snow mold and pink snow mold.  Disease

outlines, activation temperatures, diagnosing disease and management.

Reading :  348-3553.

[November]

(Week #2)

 

3          Early Spring Diseases        Leaf blights and anthracnose.

                                                            Reading : 262-270 & 277-292 & 215-222.

 

4          Management Programs      Develop comprehensive management program:

                                                            Gray and pink snow molds.

 

5          Spring Yellow Diseases     Yellow patch, yellow tuft.

                                                            Reading :  318-322, 330-332, 255-256, 241-245.

(Week #3)

 

10        Patch Diseases I                  Root structure, Take-all patch, & necrotic ring spot.

                                                            Reading : 370-374 & 364-370.                  

 

11        Management Programs      Develop comprehensive management programs.

For Leaf blights, anthracnose, yellow patch, & yellow turf.

           

 

12        Patch Disease II                   Summer patch & zoysia patch.

                                                            Reading :  364-370 & 374-375.


(Week #4)

 

17        Summer Diseases I             Dollar spot & brown patch.

                                                            Reading :  237-241 & 318-327.

 

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.

Reading :  50-52, 74-77, 378-379, & 245-256,   241-245.

 

[December]

(Week #5)

 

1          Summer Disease III             Pythium blight & red thread.

                                                            Reading :  304-313 & 314-318

 

2          Management Programs      Develop comprehensive management programs:                                                        Dollar spot, brown patch, fairy rings, & yellow ring.

           

 

3          Summer Diseases IV          Rust & smut

                                                            Reading :  332-339 & 270-275.

(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