Be On the LookOut (BOLO) pest management updates from the NC State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic (PDIC) are a great resource for keeping your garden healthy. Mike Munster, Plant Disease Diagnostician for Commercial Ornamentals, and Matt Bertone, PhD. posts these monthly pest management updates. They also do a live online class each month as well. Here is the November BOLO message.

• Fairy ring (all turfgrasses)
• Large patch (bermudagrass/zoysiagrass/centipedegrass/St. Augustinegrass)
• Leaf spot caused by Bipolaris/Drechslera (bluegrasses/bermudagrass)
• Microdochium patch (Kentucky bluegrass/bermudagrass) Red thread (Kentucky bluegrass/fescue/ryegrass)
• Rust (Kentucky bluegrass/fescue/St. Augustinegrass/zoysiagrass)
• Yellow patch (fescue/Kentucky bluegrass/ryegrass)

• Multiple hosts: Phytophthora root rot, Armillaria root rot (may still produce mushrooms early in the month), Botryosphaeria dieback, sooty mold, conks of wood decay fungi such as Pseudoinonotus dryadeus, improper planting
• Multiple shrub species: root-knot nematodes
• Arborvitae: Phytophthora root rot, Armillaria root rot
• Azalea: Phytophthora root rot, Armillaria root rot, Phomopsis dieback, stunt nematode
• Boxwood: Phytophthora root rot, boxwood blight, boxwood stem canker (Colletotrichum theobromicola), nematodes (lesion, root-knot, spiral)
• Cherry-laurel: shot-hole
• Indian hawthorn: Entomosporium leaf spot
• Japanese black pine: pine wilt nematode
• Japanese holly: black root rot, Armillaria root rot
• Junipers: Phytophthora root rot (except Eastern red cedar), Armillaria root rot
• Leyland cypress: cypress (Seiridium) canker, Botryosphaeria canker/dieback
• Ligustrum (privet): Cercospora (Pseudocercospora) leaf spot
• Magnolia, Southern: algal leaf spot
• Oaks: Biscogniauxia canker Red-tip photinia: Entomosporium leaf spot
• Rose: Armillaria root rot, crown gall, black spot, rose rosette
• Spruce: Rhizosphaera needle cast

• Multiple species: frost damage
• Liriope: anthracnose on leaf tips, Fusarium crown rot
• Pansy/viola: Phytophthora root and crown rot, black root rot, Pythium root rot

• Pecan: scab

• Multiple species: frost damage, nutrient deficiency
• Cole crops: black rot, white leaf spot of turnip and
• Swiss chard, downy mildew, Alternaria leaf spot

• Fall cankerworms (adults)
• Bagworms (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis; bags often containing eggs)