Diseases

Stop Turf Disease Before It Starts

Turf diseases like Pythium, Dollar Spot, Brown Patch, and Anthracnose can spread rapidly—especially when stress factors like moisture, heat, or poor nutrition align. At Greenway Turf Solutions, we help turf managers stay one step ahead with preventative and curative fungicide solutions such as Signature Xtra Stressgard, Interface, and Banner Maxx. These products not only control disease but also enhance turf health, colour, and resilience under pressure. Through integrated management strategies that combine smart cultural practices, moisture control, and active ingredient rotation, we help you protect turf surfaces with precision—because healthy turf is the best defence.

Algae

Scientific Name: Various Cyanobacteria and Algal Species

Algae in turfgrass is not a true disease but rather a surface infestation caused by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) or other algal species.

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Anthracnose

Scientific Name: Colletotrichum cereale

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that affects stressed turfgrass, particularly annual bluegrass (Poa annua) and creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera).

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Brown Patch

Scientific Name: Rhizoctonia solani

Brown Patch is a common turfgrass disease that occurs in warm, humid conditions. It forms circular patches of brown or tan grass, often with a darker "smoke ring" around the edges.

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Curvularia

Scientific Name: Curvularia spp.

Curvularia is a fungal pathogen that causes leaf spots and melting-out diseases in warm-season turfgrasses, including bermudagrass and zoysiagrass.

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Dollar Spot

Scientific Name: Clarireedia spp.

Dollar Spot causes small, silver-dollar-sized patches of bleached or straw-colored grass. It primarily affects low-nitrogen turf in warm, humid conditions.

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ERI (Ectotrophic Root Infecting Fungi)

Scientific Name: Ophiosphaerella spp | Magnaporthe spp | Gaeumannomyces spp.

ERI fungi cause root and crown diseases in turfgrass, leading to yellowing, thinning, and poor root development.

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Fairy Ring

Scientific Name: Basidiomycetes spp.

Fairy Ring appears as dark green rings, dead grass patches, or rings of mushrooms in turf. It results from fungal activity.

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Fusarium Patch

Scientific Name: Microdochium Patch / Microdochium nivale

Fusarium Patch, or Microdochium Patch, is a cool-season disease causing pinkish, circular patches of dead turf.

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Grey Leaf Spot

Scientific Name: Pyricularia grisea

Grey Leaf Spot primarily affects perennial ryegrass and St. Augustinegrass. Symptoms include gray, water-soaked lesions that turn brown with a distinct border.

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Helminthosporium Leaf Spot

Scientific Name: Bipolaris, Drechslera, and Exserohilum spp.

Helminthosporium diseases cause leaf spots and melting-out symptoms in cool-season grasses. Lesions start as purple to brown spots that expand and kill leaf tissues.

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Leptosphaerulina Leaf Blight

Scientific Name: Leptosphaerulina spp

Leptosphaerulina causes irregular, tan leaf spots with dark borders, primarily in stressed turf. It thrives in cool, wet conditions and affects various grass species.

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Pythium Root Rot and Leaf Blight

Scientific Name: Pythium spp.

Pythium diseases are among the most destructive turf diseases, causing root rot and foliar blight. Pythium thrives in wet, poorly drained soils and hot, humid weather.

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