Pest Management Resources
- Turf Forecast Tool – Pest forecasting models that aid in optimal control of diseases and weeds.
- Pest Management Guide for Commercial Turfgrass – Download free online version.
- Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues & Management Options – Essential pocket handbook helps you ID and manage 80 cool-season turf problems, including damage from diseases, insects, and weeds. Order from Plant and Life Sciences Publishing
- Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ) Explained – Excerpt from Cornell Pest Management Guide for Commercial Turfgrass. Calculate your EIQ with the EIQ Calculator tool from the NYSIPM program.
- Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) – Promotes the safe use of pesticides for the applicator, the consumer, and the environment
- Child Safe Playing Fields Act – Including Allowable Herbicides for Schools & Day Care Centers
Diseases
- Brown Patch
- Dollar Spot
- Fairy Ring
- Gray Leafspot
- Gray Snow Mold
- Pink Snow Mold
- Red Thread
- Stripe Smut of Turf
- Summer Patch
- Take-All Patch
- Turfgrass Anthracnose
- Turfgrass Nematodes
- Turf Rust Diseases
Insects
- White Grub ID – Identify white grub species common in the Northeastern United States with this interactive key. Mobile friendly!
- Insect Management – Excerpt from Cornell Pest Management Guide for Commercial Turfgrass
- Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests, Second Edition – 144-page book. Order from the American Phytopathological Society
- NYSIPM European Crane Fly factsheet
- NYSIPM Annual Bluegrass Weevil factsheet
- NYSIPM – Grubs in Your Lawn? A guide for lawn care professionals and homeowners
Weeds
- Turfgrass and Landscape Weed ID – Identify common weeds using easily distinguishable plant traits. Mobile friendly!
- Weeds of the Northeast available for purchase
- Broadleaf weed control product test – Illustrates the importance of correctly evaluating how well a product works.
- New factsheet: Overseeding athletic fields and lawns for ecological control of weeds
Diagnostic services:
- Agro-One Services (Soil and tissue testing)
- Insect Diagnostic Lab (Department of Entomology, Cornell)
- Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (Plant Pathology and Plant Microbe Biology Section, Cornell)
- Bailey Hortorium (Plant identification, Plant Biology Section, Cornell)