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Research fields:

  • Turfgrasses
  • IPM with focus on dollar spot and microdochium patch
  • Winter hardiness
  • Abiotic stresses (ice, water, temperature)
  • Turfgrass establishment, reestablishment and management

Services:

  • Turfgrass disease diagnostics

Education:

PhD in Agricultural Sciences at National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (2004) and in Plant Pathology at Norwegian University of Life Sciences, UMB (2011).

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Abstract

Thirty-seven turfgrass samples expressing dollar spot symptoms were collected in summer 2020 on golf courses in Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. The fungi were isolated at Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) Turfgrass Laboratory (Norway) and sent for molecular identification using sequencing of regions of ITS (internal transcribed regions of the ribosomal DNA) and calmodulin. Clarireedia homoeocarpa was identified in four turfgrass samples and Clarireedia jacksonii was identified in 11 turfgrass samples. From seven turfgrass samples, the isolated fungi were not Clarireedia spp., but Waitea circinata, Fusarium culmorum, and Fusarium oxysporum. This suggests dollar spot is not always accurately identified from foliar symptoms in the field.