Management, host pathogenicity, and identification of Magnaporthe poae, causal agent of summer patch on annual bluegrass turf.
Graduate student: Melissa M. I. Bassoriello
Principal investigators: Katerina S. Jordan J. Christopher Hall
Project summary:
Summer patch, a root disease caused by the fungus Magnaporthe poae, is most pathogenic on annual bluegrass (Poa annua) golf course greens in North America. Disease symptom development can occur when the turfgrass is stressed, although M. poae thrives best under conditions of high air and soil temperatures, high soil moisture and high soil pH.
By Caitlin Kight 
The following is a summary of my many blog posts about my observations about rolling and fusarium patch. The entire detailed articles can be found at