WEBINAR: Management of Root Diseases on Golf Courses

Tuesday, March 28

1:00 p.m. EST

Root diseases are the predominate issues facing golf course superintendents especially on golf course putting greens. Sixty-eight percent of the samples received at NC State University in a 10-year period were diagnosed with various root diseases. The diseases include take-all root rot, summer patch, Pythium root rot, spring dead spot, fairy ring and nematodes to name a few. Managing these diseases can be challenging due to many factors that Jim Kerns, Ph.D., will cover in this 60-minute webinar. He’ll discuss the latest and greatest information on spring dead spot, fairy ring, summer patch and take-all root rot. Kerns will review controls for diseases that affect both bermudagrass and creeping bentgrass.

About the Instructor
Jim Kerns, Ph.D., is a professor and extension specialist in the department of plant pathology at North Carolina State University. Prior to starting at NC State, Kerns was the turfgrass pathologist at UW-Madison. He earned his bachelors from NC State, masters from Texas A&M University and Ph.D. in plant pathology from North Carolina State University. He is a member of CGCSA, WGCSA and NGLGCSA. Kerns’ extension efforts focus on educating turfgrass managers on disease identification, employing control measures that are efficacious, cost-effective and environmentally sound, and fungicide resistance management Kerns’ research program focuses on summer stress management of creeping bentgrass, etiology and management of ultradwarf bermudagrass diseases, and nematode biology and management. He is a popular instructor of both seminars and webinars for GCSAA.