Open AccessFirst Report of Gray Leaf Spot on Perennial Ryegrass in Indiana
Author(s) -
Philip F. Harmon,
K. Rane,
G. Ruhl,
Richard Latin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
plant health progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.565
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 1535-1025
DOI - 10.1094/php-2000-0607-01-hn
Subject(s) - perennial plant , lolium perenne , biology , leaf spot , gray (unit) , agronomy , botany , horticulture , medicine , radiology
Pyricularia grisea, the causal agent of gray leaf spot on turfgrass, was isolated from symptomatic perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) leaves collected from a golf course in north-central Indiana in August 1999. Gray leaf spot is an emerging threat to stands of perennial ryegrass in the mid-Atlantic and Midwestern United States. Posted 7 June 2000.