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The disease most commonly associated with the panicum mosaic virus pathogen is St. Augustine Decline Syndrome, which infects species of turf grass and causes chlorotic mottling. [2] In addition to St. Augustine Decline, panicum mosaic virus is responsible for chlorotic streaking and mild green mosaicking in select cultivars of switchgrass and ...
Gray leaf spot (GLS) is a foliar fungal disease that affects grasses. In grasses other than maize it is caused by Pyricularia grisea , which only infects perennial ryegrass , tall fescue , and St. Augustine grass in places with warm and rainy climates.
Pythium disease, also known as "Pythium blight," "cottony blight," or "grease spot," is a highly destructive turfgrass disease caused by several different Pythium species. All naturally cultivated cool-season turfgrasses are susceptible to Pythium and if conditions are favorable to Pythium it can destroy a whole turfgrass stand in a few days or less. [1]
St. Augustine grass is commonly used in South Florida because it is a warm-season grass that grows well in neutral soil, and can tolerate partial shade as well as full sun, said Marco Schiavon, an ...
A 1987 study found evidence of a possible biocontrol strategy for bacterial wilt of turf grass. The researchers found that antiserum to Pseudomonas fluorescens or Erwinia herbicola from hosts which have survived infections by the corresponding pathogens is capable of reducing wilt symptoms in turf grass caused by Xanthomonas translucens. The ...
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For diseases of foliage plants, see the following lists: List of Croton diseases; List of Ficus diseases; List of foliage plant diseases (Acanthaceae)
Some of these turf grass species include annual bluegrass, creeping bentgrass, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fine fescue, and bermudagrass. 5 These species of grass are not the only types of turf that can be diagnosed with red thread disease but are the most common hosts. 5 Noticeable symptoms of red thread disease are irregular ...