Fusarium Patch
Diagnosis
Yellow to brown, irregular shaped patches of turf.
Leaf legions yellow with black centres.
Occurs in warm and wet conditions.
Management
- Disease is more severe under low nitrogen fertility
- Avoid irrigation in late afternoon and prior to midnight
- Reduce irrigation frequency to minimise the time the leaf blades are wet
- Reduce thatch levels
- Apply Greenkeeper fertiliser
- Control fungicides include: TMDG (Thiram) and Mancozeb