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• IPM Alabama: Turf

  http://www.aces.edu/anr/ipm/ornamentals/turf.php
  Auburn University Cooperative Extension Service discusses imported fire ants, Japanese beetles, fall armyworms, mole crickets, sod webworms, brown patch, dollarspot, take-all root rot, and fairy ring of warm season turfgrasses.

• Making Peace with Geese

  http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/stories/1998/dec98/geese.htm
  Urban goose populations are growing, and there's no ducking the issues large flocks raise. The problem affects backyards, public parks, and golf courses according to David L. Sperling writing in the Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine.

• Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)

  http://www.panna.org/about
  Information to help with pest and pesticide problems, including safety to children, workers, and wildlife.

• Southern Chinch Bug Management on St. Augustinegrass

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LH036
  Blissus insularis is a damaging insect pest of this grass in Florida. This article explains the insect’s biology, detection and cultural, biological and chemical means of control.

• Turf Diseases

  http://www.escience.bayercropscience.co.uk/BCSWeb/ES/BCS_UK_GreenWS.nsf/id/UK_Turf_Diseases?open&ccm=200040
  Photographs of grasses affected by a number of fungal diseases and information on fungicides from Bayer Environmental Science.

• Turf Pests

  http://www.escience.bayercropscience.co.uk/BCSWeb/ES/BCS_UK_GreenWS.nsf/id/UK_Turf_Pests?open&ccm=200050
  Photographs of several pests that may attack grassland and information on control products from Bayer Environmental Science.

• Turfgrass Disease Information Notes

  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Turfgrass/turfgrass_contents.html
  Provides information on a number of diseases that can affect lawns and turf.

• University of California Pest Management Guidelines: Turfgrass

  http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/selectnewpest.turfgrass.html
  Articles and photos of weeds, diseases, insects, mites, and nematodes. Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Project.

• White Grub Biology and Management

  http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/LH037
  White grubs are the larvae of scarab beetles and eat grass roots. This article explains the signs of infestation, their life cycle and how they can be controlled.

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