Investigating Chemical and Biological Control Applications for Pythium Root Rot Prevention and Impacts on Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities

• Published in: Plant disease Vol. 106; no. 2; p. 641
• Main Authors: Doherty, Joseph R, Roberts, Joseph A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Agrostis - microbiology; Bacteria; Fungicides, Industrial - pharmacology; Pythium; Rhizosphere; amplicon sequence variant; cultural and biological practices; turf; Pythium; next-generation sequencing; oomycetes; creeping bentgrass; microbiome; disease management; rhizosphere

Pythium root rot (PRR) is a disease that can rapidly devastate large swaths of golf course putting greens, with little recourse once symptoms appear. Golf courses routinely apply preventive fungicides for root diseases, which may alter the rhizosphere microbiome, leading to unintended effects on pla...