Brown Patch
Brown Patch in turf is caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Susceptible Turfgrasses include Wintergrass, Couch, Bentgrass, Fescues, Kentucky Bluegrass, Ryegrass & Buffalo Grass. Symptoms include brown discoloured circular patches, from a few centimetres up to a metre in diameter, sometimes with a smoke ring of mycelium around the edges. Smoke rings appear as thin brown borders around the diseased patches appearing in the early morning. Infected leaves are water-soaked and dark, later dying and turning dark brown. After the infected leaves die, new leaves can emerge from the surviving crowns. On wide bladed species, leaf lesions develop with tan centres and dark brown to black margins. Conditions favouring the disease are high relative humidity and temperatures of over 28°C during the day and over 15.5°C at night, more than 10 hours a day of foliar wetness for several consecutive days.
How to control Brown Patch
Heritage Maxx Turf Fungicide
Heritage Maxx contains 95g/L azoxystrobin which combines systemic activity through xylem mobility, translaminar movement to encourage multi-site uptake and even distribution… Read More
Read moreInstrata Turf Fungicide
Instrata Turf Fungicide is an excellent choice for use in a preventative program or curatively after first symptoms are evident. The… Read More
Read moreMedallion Turf Fungicide
Medallion Turf Fungicide offers contact plus – exceptional spore busting capabilities on the leaf, in the thatch, and on the soil… Read More
Read moreDaconil Weather Stik Turf Fungicide
Daconil Weather Stik is a contact fungicide that can be used in preventative programs. It can be used as an early… Read More
Read moreBanner Maxx Fungicide
Banner Maxx is an excellent choice as an early curative treatment, providing systemic broad spectrum control of major turf diseases including… Read More
Read moreVelista Turf Fungicide
Velista is a powerful broad spectrum fungicide that can be used all year round and can be trusted to keep your… Read More
Read moreThiram Liquid
Thiram Liquid is a seed treatment for chickpeas and lupins. Controls brown patch, damping off, dollar spot and fusarium patch in… Read More
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