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Raleigh native, Wolfpack turfgrass scientist — NC State Turfgrass Pathology

Raleigh, NC
Joined March 2022
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Daniel Freund retweeted
8 weeks exactly from sprigging day on our new TifEagle greens here @LPGCncstate Preview rounds for staff today, Charter Partners tomorrow, and Public play begins on Friday. Our team has done a hell of a job and we certainly thank everyone who has supported this project!
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Daniel Freund retweeted
New extension publication for managing common turfgrass diseases in North Carolina lawns with @KernsJim @DanFreundTurf. content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease…
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I am looking for a Research Technician to join the Turfgrass & Forage Weed Science Lab at NC State. Opportunity to enroll in classes and pursue graduate education while working. If you are interested in weed management research, then consider applying. jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/22291…
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Daniel Freund retweeted
Our lab will be closed next week 2/3-2/6 to attend the GCSAA Conference. Anything submitted will be diagnosed on Friday 2/7. See you all out there in San Diego! ☀️ 🌴
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🚨 Heads up tall fescue managers! Active gray leaf spot in 2 trial locations in the Raleigh area this week. QoI’s alone won’t hold this back, so now is the time to add a DMI and/or t-methyl. Given the forecast, we hope you all are on top of this one because damage will be swift.
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Heads up bermudagrass putting green managers! Mother Nature is calling 'em home in the transition zone and we are starting to see purpling of the foliage due to the cold weather shutting down chloroplast activity.
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Awesome mini-ring pressure in year 2 of a 2-year study looking at the same season-long fungicide program +/- products on an UDB putting green in NC. Want to learn more? Be sure to catch @KernsJim and @ClemsonTurfPath at the @CarolinasGCSA show funded by @Rounds4Research!
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Daniel Freund retweeted
Another great NCSU Turfgrass Field Day! Amazing opening with bagpipes! @FraserMelodee. Great crowds and I am super proud of the @ncturfpathology lab! See you all August 14th, 2024!
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🚨 Bentgrass managers in North Carolina🚨Pythium root rot is raging at the research farm. Hope you all have your best PRR apps on the ground. Survive and advance!
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As we approach the halfway point of this lap around the sun, here are some stats from the NC State Turf Diagnostics Lab. It's been a cool and cloudy spring for much of North Carolina, therefore warm-season grasses have had some abiotic issues, particularly zoysiagrass home lawns.
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Feel free to visit the University of Arkansas Turf Pathology website below and check out my first blog post! Apply Your Fall Fungicides with Razor(back)-thin Precision... uarkturfpath.com/2022/09/30/…
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I am elated to announce I will be starting as Assistant Professor of Turfgrass Science ⁦@UArkansas⁩ this August! Very excited to continue researching turf pathology as well as other areas of interest. I will have to learn the WOO PIG SOOIE chant!🐗 ⁦@ArkansasTurf⁩
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Daniel Freund retweeted
It looks like we got us some winners and some losers in our spring dead spot trials on ‘Champion’ bermudagrass and in our large patch trials on ‘Zeon’ zoysiagrass in Raleigh, NC. Stay tuned for a quick recap of these trials in a future post!
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Several samples to our lab with take-all root rot this week from UDB greens. These were mostly infected last fall and these fungi are not active right now (resumes at 68F soil temp). Turf growth will dictate recovery. Maintain normal fungicide program to promote healthy turf.