"Fifteen years of findings: Advancements in spring dead spot research from 2009 to 2024" with Dr. Wendell Hutchens

Spring dead spot is a disease that lies in wait before going after your turfgrasses, transforming your favorite golf course into the set of your favorite PG-13 slasher. This episode, Wendell joins me to discuss the mega gains made in the last 15 years of spring dead spot research, in hopes that someday we can turn this slow-moving monster into just the stuff of legend.

Tune in to learn:

·        What symptoms point to spring dead spot

·        What methods are best to combat spring dead spot

·        How spring dead spot spreads

·        Where the future of spring dead spot research is moving

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.21367

This paper is always freely available.

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If you would like to reach out to Wendell, you can find him here:
wendellh@uark.edu
https://www.x.com/HutchensWendell

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b8E8886F1-08B4-F011-BBD3-0022480989AC%7d 

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/app/transcript/NjhmYTU3NzFiNTllYWMyNmM4YjM4NzA5Ry0zb3pZSElDQS1a/o/VEMwNzU3NDY4Njgz 

University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Spring Dead Spot fact sheet:  https://www.uaex.uada.edu/publications/pdf/fsa-7551.pdf

Trade magazine articles: https://gcmonline.com/course/environment/news/what-weve-learned-about-spring-dead-spot

NCSU TurfFiles: https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseases-in-turf/spring-dead-spot-in-turf/

A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides: https://my.apsnet.org/APSStore/Product-Detail.aspx?WebsiteKey=2661527A-8D44-496C-A730-8CFEB6239BE7&iProductCode=46734

The Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Fourth Edition: https://my.apsnet.org/APSStore/Product-Detail.aspx?WebsiteKey=2661527A-8D44-496C-A730-8CFEB6239BE7&iProductCode=46871

Dr. Nathan Walker at Oklahoma State University: https://experts.okstate.edu/nathan.walker

Dr. Lee Miller at Purdue: https://turf.purdue.edu/author/mill3054/

Dr. Jim Kerns at North Carolina State University: https://cals.ncsu.edu/entomology-and-plant-pathology/people/jpkerns/

Lee Butler at North Carolina State University: https://cals.ncsu.edu/entomology-and-plant-pathology/people/elbutler/

Dr. David McCall at Virginia Tech: https://spes.vt.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/mccall-david.html

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