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Golf Green Health By Fungicides – Beyond Just Disease Control Researchers: Chicago District Golf Assoc. Derek Settle, Tim Sibicky, and Nick DeVries Goal: Evaluate plant health effects while suppressing dollar spot and brown patch Location: Sunshine Course’s 3 green in play – Lemont, Illinois Background: Creeping bentgrass is highly susceptible to dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) and brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani). To protect golf greens from these two plant pathogenic fungi (and a few others) superintendents must apply fungicides with frequency. If plant protectants are applied about every 14 days can secondary plant health effects occur? Fungicides specially formulated with green pigments were first thought to improve plant health beginning about the 1990s in North Carolina (e.g., Fore, also Aliette Signature mixed with either Daconil Ultrex or Chipco 26019). The approach of this study was to use fungicides formulated with green pigments/colorants (e.g., Bayer’s StressGard) and see if they provide additional plant health benefits. Fungicides in the DMI family of were included as a comparison. We know DMIs can reduce plant health by bronzing/growth regulation if applied in summer. Brief Material and Methods: Sunshine Course’s number 3 green used a randomized complete block design with 3 replications. Individual plot size was 4 ft by 6 ft. The USGAconstructed green is creeping bentgrass seeded in 2002 to Penn G2 plus L93. It is maintained at 0.150 inch. Dollar spot existed (110%) when first applications were made on 31 May. Twelve treatments were applied every 14 days and four treatments every 7 days (Table 1). Data collected included; dollar spot number, dollar spot percent, and brown patch percent. NDVI and visual quality (19 scale with 6= acceptable) assessed plant health/phytotoxicity

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 Golf Green Health By Fungicides – Beyond Just Disease Control 

Researchers: Chicago District Golf Assoc. ‐ Derek Settle, Tim Sibicky, and Nick DeVries  

Goal: Evaluate plant health effects while suppressing dollar spot and brown patch   Location: Sunshine Course’s 3 green in play – Lemont, Illinois   Background: Creeping bentgrass  is highly susceptible to dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa) and brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani).  To protect golf greens from these two plant pathogenic fungi  (and  a  few  others)  superintendents  must  apply  fungicides  with  frequency.    If  plant protectants  are  applied  about  every  14  days  can  secondary  plant  health  effects  occur?  Fungicides specially formulated with green pigments were first thought to improve plant health beginning about the 1990s in North Carolina (e.g., Fore, also Aliette Signature mixed with either Daconil Ultrex or Chipco 26019).  The approach of this study was to use fungicides formulated with  green  pigments/colorants  (e.g.,  Bayer’s  StressGard)  and  see  if  they  provide  additional plant health benefits.    Fungicides  in  the DMI  family of were  included  as  a  comparison.   We know DMIs can reduce plant health by bronzing/growth regulation if applied in summer.  Brief Material and Methods: Sunshine Course’s number 3 green used a randomized complete block design with 3  replications.    Individual plot  size was 4  ft by 6  ft. The USGA‐constructed green is creeping bentgrass seeded in 2002 to Penn G2 plus L93.  It is maintained at 0.150 inch.  Dollar spot existed (1‐10%) when first applications were made on 31 May. Twelve treatments were  applied  every  14  days  and  four  treatments  every  7  days  (Table  1).    Data  collected included; dollar spot number, dollar spot percent, and brown patch percent.   NDVI and visual quality (1‐9 scale with 6= acceptable) assessed plant health/phytotoxicity  

   

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 Material and Methods Table.   Treatments  for disease control on 3 green at Sunshine Course, Lemont, IL in 2011.  Number  Treatments  Interval  Rate per 1,000 sq ft 1  Untreated  ....  .... 2  Reserve  7 day  1.6 fl oz 3  Reserve  7 day  2.5 fl oz 4  Reserve  7 day  3.5 fl oz 5  Reserve  14 day  2.5 fl oz 6  Reserve  14 day  3.5 fl oz 

7  Interface rotate  Reserve  14 day  2.5 fl oz 

3.0 fl oz 18  Rotation   14 day  see below A  31 May  Triton FLO   0.5 fl oz  B  13 Jun  Daconil Ultrex   3.2 oz C  27 Jun  Triton FLO  0.5 fl oz D  11 Jul  Daconil Ultrex  3.2 oz E  25 Jul  Reserve  3.6 fl oz F  8 Aug  Daconil Ultrex  3.2 oz G  22 Aug  USF26019T   4.0 fl oz H  5 Sep  Reserve  3.6 fl oz I  19 Sep  Triton FLO    0.5 fl oz 9  Interface  14 day  3.0 fl oz 10  Interface  14 day  4.0 fl oz 11  Tartan  14 day  1.5 fl oz 12  Iprodione Pro  14 day  4.0 fl oz 13  Concert  7 day  3.0 fl oz 14  Concert  14 day  5.5 fl oz 15  Tourney (CDGA check)  14 day  0.28 oz 16  Daconil Ultrex (CDGA check)  14 day  3.2 oz 17  Emerald (CDGA check)  14 day  0.13 oz 

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 Image 1. By mid‐July, brown patch was affecting untreated and Emerald plots.  Many fungicide treatments were disease‐free and in good health.  Sunshine Course, Lemont, IL.  Settle 7‐15‐11  

 Image 2. By the end of July, untreated plots were damaged by both dollar spot (20%) and brown patch (60%). Disease pressure was very high. Sunshine Course, Lemont, IL. Settle 7‐27‐11 

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 Image 3.  Bruce Monke reviews plots with Tim Sibicky.  Dollar spot exploded over the preceding weekend when cooler temperatures returned to Chicago (days 80s/nights 60s).  Settle 8‐16‐11