Initial symptoms are small lesions on leaf blades, leaf tissue turns yellow and severely infected leaves will die.
Helminthosporium
- General Information
Conditions Favouring Disease
Leaf moisture is necessary for infection to occur. More than 10 hours a day of leaf wetness for several consecutive days. Poor air movement and excessive nitrogen. Any stress situation such as drought, traffic can increase the severity of the disease.
Management Tips
Maintain healthy turf through proper fertilisation, in particular nitrogen and potassium levels. Irrigate infrequently and deeply. Do not allow turf to become too dry during warm weather.
- Treating Solutions
ProForce Voltar GT 250SC 12-18L/Ha
ProForce Voltar GT 250SC provides rapid, reliable curative disease control. Voltar GT 250SC is oil based and registered for 6 turf grass diseases. It works on stages of the disease lifecycle and has improved rainfast properties.
ProForce Voltar 500SC 6-9L/Ha
ProForce Voltar 500SC works on all stages of the disease cycle. It provides both curative and preventative activity. Low rate of application and is in a non-scheduled formulation.
ProForce Clean Sweep Trio12-20L/Ha
ProForce Clean Sweep Trio is a systemic fungicide that once absorbed by roots and leaves moves upwards within the plant. Can be used in rotation with strobilurin based fungicides.
Azo-Force 250SC 2.3lt/Ha
Azo-Force 250SC controls a range of turf grass diseases including Anthracnose, Brown Patch, Fusarium and Pythium. It has a low odour is tank mix flexible and has excellent safety to the plant.
Headway Maxx 9 L/Ha
The only dual systemic fungicide that controls and prevents all major turf diseases.
Banner Maxx 5 to 10 L/Ha
Banner Maxx is an excellent choice to use early curatively, after first disease symptoms become evident.
Velista 1 to 1.5 kg/Ha
Velista is a broad spectrum fungicide recommended for the control of many important diseases of turfgrass.
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