The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved the release of a rust fungus to control the spread of Chilean needle grass, an invasive weed that not only harms animals, but has the ...

This is not the same kind of rust you might get on patio furniture or an old car, instead this type of rust is a fungus that grows on grass. The rust appears as small brown or orange flecks on the ...

Just when you thought you were a lawn care pro, blemishes on your green grass appear. A common culprit to these brown spots or dead grass is a fungal lawn disease. Turf diseases tend to happen during ...

Here at the UI Extension office, we use many techniques to look for signs of plant diseases. We poke and prod, magnify and macerate. We place speckled leaves in a moist chamber (plastic bag with a ...

As winter winds down and your lawn starts to poke through the snow, you may notice that things look, well, off. If the ...

Chilean needle grass is harmful to animals and could cost farmers millions of dollars in lost production. The Environmental Protection Authority has approved the release of a rust fungus to control ...

Address the root cause and you can avoid this ugly disease CAPED crusaders, the “grounds guys” have revealed their solution for unsightly “lawn rust.” Their best tips could help combat this ugly ...