Richard Latin

Botany and Plant Pathology

Professor

Phone

765.494.4639

Fax

765.494.0363

Office

Lilly Hall Room 1-317

rlatin@purdue.edu

Current research efforts in the area of turfgrass pathology focus on the management of diseases on golf course, sports turf, and professional landscapes. Specific research projects include the following:

Factors that affect fungicide performance
Fungicide resistant pathogen strains
Epidemiology of dollar spot on creeping bentgrass
Weather-based systems for scheduling fungicide applications

The turfgrass pathology extension effort focuses on educational programs for professional turf managers. Part of the educational process involves field demonstrations that address the efficacy of various disease management practices. Another component involves formal educational presentations and workshops on turfgrass disease identification and control. The extension effort also involves turf disease diagnosis and the investigation of factors that contribute to disease outbreaks. The extension activities provide an educational opportunity for those of us in turf pathology, raising our awareness to the concerns of turf managers so that we may target our research accordingly.

Awards & Honors

(2018) Fellow. American Phytopathological Society.

(2018) Col. John Morley Distinguished Career Award. Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

(2012) Midwest Regional Turf Foundation Award of Achievement. Midwest Regional Turf Foundation.

(2004) School of Agriculture Team Award. Purdue University School of Agriculture.

Selected Publications

Latin, R. X. (2011). A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides. St. Paul, MN: APS Press.

Latin, R. X., & Ou, L. (in press). Influence of irrigation and wetting agent on fungicide residues in creeping bentgrass. Plant Disease.

Ou, L., & Latin, R. X. (in press). Influence of management practices on distribution of fungicides in golf course turf. Agronomy Journal.

Hockemeyer, K., & Latin, R. X. (2015). Spatial and temporal distribution of fungicides applied to creeping bentgrass. J. Env.Qual, 44(3), 841-848. doi:10.2134/jeq2014.08.0335

Daniels, J., & Latin, R. (2013). Residual activity of fungicides for control of brown patch on creeping bentgrass. Plant Disease, 97, 1414-1419.

Latin, R. (2012). Bacterial Decline of Creeping Bentgrass. Golf Course Management, 7, 82-89.

Stewart, J., Latin, R., Reicher, Z., & Hallett, S. (2008). Influence of trinexapac ethyl on the efficacy of chlorothalonil and propiconazole for control of dollar spot on creeping bentgrass. Applied Turfgrass Science, doi:10.1094/ATS-2008-0319-01-RS. Retrieved from http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/ats

Latin, R. X. (2006). Residual efficacy of fungicides for control of dollar spot on creeping bentgrass. Plant Disease, 90(5), 571-575. doi:10.1094/PD-90-0571

Harmon, P. (2005). Winter survival of the perennial ryegrass pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae in north central Indiana. Plant Disease, 89, 412-418.