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  1. Lawn Mowing

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5816

    season is essential. Dull blades fray and damage leaf tips, leaving unsightly brown patches and unhealthy ... preservation are promoted through increased shade from the turf canopy. Additionally, consider raising mowing ... in bloom to prevent seed dispersal or if active disease is present to avoid spreading spores. Mower ...

  2. Submitting Insect Specimens for Identification

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-2121

    management strategies are recommended. In addition, the PPDC diagnoses turf disorders and plant problems ... caused by insects, nematodes, disease, or environmental factors. The PPDC, which is sponsored by OSU ...

  3. Wastewater Treatment Principles and Regulations

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-768

    disease-causing organisms are present in sewage. E. coli are used as an indicator of disease-causing organisms. ... through irrigation. The goal is to reduce or remove the pollutants and kill disease-causing organisms. ... nitrogen from wastewater. Final Treatment Killing disease-causing organisms is the last stage of wastewater ...

  4. Kindergarten: Helping Your Child Succeed in School

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/BB-K-3

    Extension Educator–Family and Consumer Sciences, Brown County. Revised by: Betsy DeMatteo, Extension Program ... Educator–Family and Consumer Sciences, Brown County; Scott Scheer, Professor and Extension Specialist–Human and ...

  5. Is It Pine, Spruce, or Fir?

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-80

    to know Michigan evergreen trees. Ornamentals, Landscape and Turf Systems, Michigan State University ...

  6. What to Look for in a Lawn Care Service

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-4025-88

    to enhance winter turf color, quicken spring green-up, reduce lawn disease problems, and improve ... all, while others may provide it only as an extra-cost option. Disease control is generally not offered ... is preferred. How Much Fertilizer is Applied During the Year? Nitrogen is the key nutrient in turf ...

  7. Staphylococcus aureus: A Problem When Food Is Left Out Too Long

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5564-11

    The disease that it causes can be serious, depending on individual response to the toxin, the amount ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot record the number of cases accurately unless the ... handling food. References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024). About Staph Food ...

  8. Collecting and Submitting a Turfgrass Sample to the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-3087-10

    and rainfall), who is using the turf, symptoms, shape and size of the patches, amount or size of the ... Horticulture home yard and garden plant disease lawn turf turf grass sample golf course turf athletic turf sod ... shipping information are correct. Step 1: Collecting the Sample For "high-cut turf " such as ...

  9. Bitter Rot of Apple

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-fru-20

    rot is a common fruit rotting disease of apple (and pear) that occurs in all states where apples and ... disease on peach. Glomerella cingulata can also cause a leaf spot and canker on apple, although these ... forms of the disease are not common in Ohio. Disease Development and Symptoms Figure 1. Bitter rot on ...

  10. Blacklegged (Deer) Tick, Ixodes scapularis

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0096

    companion animals with pathogens that cause diseases. Preventing tick bites is the best protection from ... tickborne disease (box 1). If you find a tick biting you, remove the tick as soon as possible (box 2), note ... adult male ticks are uniformly covered by a dark brown shield or “scutum.” This shield partially covers ...

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