Daniel Freund

Raleigh native, Wolfpack turfgrass scientist — NC State Turfgrass Pathology

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

New extension publication for managing common turfgrass diseases in North Carolina lawns with @KernsJim @DanFreundTurf.

https://t.co/aN46XenN4X

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

@HutchensWendell @GolfBigCedar @johnsonsteve64 My man! That is incredible!

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

Some cool info here!

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

Some light reading for anyone bored to death at the moment, the 2025 Turf Diagnostics Lab review of golf course putting green samples. Enjoy!

https://t.co/0uinuqWcWZ

[Navdeep Godara @godara_nav]

I am looking for a Research Technician to join the Turfgrass & Forage Weed Science Lab at NC State. Opportunity to enroll in classes and pursue graduate education while working. If you are interested in weed management research, then consider applying.

https://t.co/Oe2CTols7t

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

Brown patch showing off over the past few weeks on cool-season grasses.

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

Our lab will be closed next week 2/3-2/6 to attend the GCSAA Conference. Anything submitted will be diagnosed on Friday 2/7. See you all out there in San Diego! ☀️ 🌴

[John Petrovsky @GolfFourSeasons]

One of my favorite @USGAGrnSection videos ever:

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

Newly hatched fall armyworms hanging out on the irrigation station this morning.

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

🚨 Heads up tall fescue managers! Active gray leaf spot in 2 trial locations in the Raleigh area this week. QoI’s alone won’t hold this back, so now is the time to add a DMI and/or t-methyl. Given the forecast, we hope you all are on top of this one because damage will be swift.

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

Great article by Grady Miller about management of turfgrasses under heat and drought stress.

https://t.co/udH0mGrXuj

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

@MHillsOnTurf @turfbutler Yes, it came from the NV/AZ region. Interesting point though, RB certainly loves its salty conditions!

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

An eventful day behind the microscope finally confirming isolation of Rapid Blight pathogen L. terrestris + a bonus pic of some gnarly Pythium oospores.

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

@HutchensWendell I walked zoysia plots today and noticed the same thing. Annual bluegrass filling in areas where large patch damage occurred this past fall.

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

They are the epitome of hard work and how to manage a public golf course. So cool to see them getting some well-deserved recognition!

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

I had to do a double take when looking at this cover... this is a surprising, yet fantastic article highlighting Venango Valley Inn & Golf course in rural NW P.A. I am a proud nephew to Durbin and Kim and grateful to have spent my teenage summers working at this special place.

[GOLF COURSE INDUSTRY @GCImagazine]

Need reading material entering the weekend?

Our February issue is LIVE and it includes:
· A Pennsylvania course setting a ‘small-town standard’
· Why one of your California peers counts blades of grass
· Autonomous mowing in application

https://t.co/cJjuQzXx4K

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

Heads up bermudagrass putting green managers! Mother Nature is calling 'em home in the transition zone and we are starting to see purpling of the foliage due to the cold weather shutting down chloroplast activity.

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

Awesome mini-ring pressure in year 2 of a 2-year study looking at the same season-long fungicide program +/- products on an UDB putting green in NC. Want to learn more? Be sure to catch @KernsJim and @ClemsonTurfPath at the @CarolinasGCSA show funded by @Rounds4Research!

[Daniel Freund @DanFreundTurf]

Mini-ring showing its face… The environment side of the disease triangle has kicked in!

[Jim Kerns @KernsJim]

A number of mini-ring samples in the lab. With a tropical system on the way fungicide and fertilizer after will go a long way! Two important points, water those fungicides in! The pathogen affects the nodes. Second, seeing this on approaches and tees https://t.co/pRmRX3qBeS

[Jim Kerns @KernsJim]

Another great NCSU Turfgrass Field Day! Amazing opening with bagpipes! @FraserMelodee. Great crowds and I am super proud of the @ncturfpathology lab! See you all August 14th, 2024!

[Lee Butler @turfbutler]

🚨 Bentgrass managers in North Carolina🚨Pythium root rot is raging at the research farm. Hope you all have your best PRR apps on the ground. Survive and advance!