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Louisiana State University: Large Patch Disease Increasing in Louisiana Lawns
February 08, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 8 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release:

Large patch disease (formerly called brown patch) is the starting to show up in Louisiana lawns.

LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh said this fungus is the most common disease of lawns in Louisiana.

The disease can occur on all warm-season turfgrasses but is particularly prevalent on St. Augustine grass.

"Symptoms appear as yellow . . .

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