How to Manage Pests

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UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines—University of California's official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests in golf courses, parks, sports fields, and other lawns, for landscape professionals. See also our resources for home gardeners. More

Residential users: This information has been developed for use by pest control professionals. Many of the pests are not problems for home lawns and many of the suggested pesticides are not appropriate for home use. See the Pest Notes for Lawn Insects, Lawn Diseases, and Weed Management in Lawns for management practices suitable for home use.

Turgrass Species

Turfgrass Species (6/03)

Diseases

Use of Fungicides (6/03)
Anthracnose (6/03)
Curvularia Blight (6/03)
Dollar Spot (6/03)
Fairy Ring (6/03)
Fusarium Blight (6/03)
Leaf Blotch (6/03)
Leaf Spot (6/03)
Melting Out (6/03)
Microdochium Patch (Fusarium Patch, Pink Snow Mold) (6/03)
Necrotic Ring Spot (6/03)
Powdery Mildew (6/03)
Pythium Blight (Grease Spot) (6/03)
Pythium Root Rot (6/03)
Red Thread (6/03)
Rhizoctonia Blight (6/03)
Rust (6/03)
Sclerotium Blight (Southern Blight) (6/03)
Seed Rot and Damping Off (6/03)
Spring Dead Spot (6/03)
Stripe Smut (6/03)
Summer Patch (6/03)
Take-All Patch (6/03)

Insects and Mites

Nematodes

Nematodes (6/03)

Weeds

Turfgrass Weed Photo Gallery, with Common and Scientific Names (6/03)
Integrated Weed Management (6/03)
Special Weed Problems (6/03)
Sensitivity of Turf Species to Herbicides (6/03)
Susceptibility of Weeds to Herbicide Control (6/03)
Herbicide Treatment Table (6/03)

More information

UC Guide to Healthy Lawns—Comprehensive, interactive source for all lawn management information
Lawn Diseases for the home landscape
Lawn Insects for the home gardener
Weed Management in Lawns for home gardeners and landscape professionals
Natural Enemies Gallery
Research projects related to turfgrass

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