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MSU Turf Weeds.net
Midwest Weed Site
Turfgrasses for the Midwest
North Central Region (NCERA-192)

Problem Solver

Patches of Turf are Dead or Discolored

What kind of dead patches are you observing?

	Black Cutworm		Bluegrass Billbug
	Brown Patch (Rhizoctonia solani)		Chemical or Fertilizer Burn
	Chinch Bugs		Urine Damage
	Dollar Spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa)		Dormant Warm Season Grasses
	Greenbug		Grubs (true and annual)
	Pythium (Pythium spp.)		Red Thread (Laetisaria fuciformis)
	Salt Damage		Scalping Turf
	Snow Molds		Sod Webworm
	Summer Patch/Necrotic Ringspot

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