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Table 2. Modern Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars Adapted to Illinois and Reported to be Moderately to Highly Resistant (R)a to one or More Diseases

Reports on Plant Diseases

Kentucky Bluegrass Cultivars "Helminthosporium" diseases Leaf smuts Leaf and stem rust "Fusarium blight" Sclerotinia dollar spot Typhula blight Septoria leaf spot Red thread
A-20 R R R R R   (b) R
A-34 (Bensun) R R R R        
Adelphi R R R R R R R R
Baron R R R R R R   R
Bonnieblue R R R R R R   R
Brunswick R R R R R      
Cheri R R R R R   R  
Enmundi R   R R R     R
Enoble R              
Fylking R R R       R  
Geronimo R       R     R
Glade   R R R   R    
Majestic R R R R R   R R
Monopoly R R   R   R   R
Nugget R R R     R R R
Parade R R R R R   R  
Plush R R R   R     R
Rugby R R R R R      
Sydsport R R R   R   R  
Touchdown R R   R     R R
Vantage   R   R R      
Victa R R R R       R

a A resistant (R) rating does not mean that a particular cultivar will be resistant in all locations every year. Due to the presence of physiological races or strains of the various fungi that cause these diseases, a cultivar may be susceptible in one locality and highly resistant in another. This is especially true of powdery mildew and is the reason we omitted this disease from our ratings.

b A blank under a given disease does not necessarily indicate susceptibility. In some cases it means that no data are available on which to evaluate the relative susceptibility or resistance to a particular disease.

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