Excited to share our latest study of fungicide impacts on microbiome suppression on dollar spot in turfgrass. This study was initiated in 2019 and is finally published after 5+ years. My takeaway is that you need to design a precise and articulated fungicide program to take advantage of the power of microbiome. So much more to learn about the interaction between fungicide usage and suppressive microbiome though. Afterall, this study only investigated the overall fungicide use intensity, but not all fungicides are created equal!
Read the article here: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aem.01771-24
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