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How to Manage Pests

The UC Guide to Healthy Lawns

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Diagnosing problems on bermudagrass in spring

From "irregular spots or patches of brown, thin dying grass"

What are your symptoms?

Feeding damage in lawn Leaves with swollen sheaths and short internodes White patches in lawn bleached or burned turfgrass
Feeding on stems, crowns, roots, or leaves Grass dies back; leaves have swollen sheaths and short internodes White patches in lawn; dark sunken lesions present on crown, buds, roots, and stolons; dark sclerotia may be present on stolons Turfgrass appears bleached or burned; white, linear banding may be apparent along length of leaf blade

None of these symptoms

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