Joe Rimelspach

My major areas are turfgrass health management and turfgrass pathology. My postition is focused on outreach/extension, turfgrass problem diagnostics, teaching and applied research:

• The impact of management practices on turfgrass health and disease development.
• Evaluation of fungicides, new products and turf management procedures on turfgrass disease management.
• Diagnostics of turf problems in the field and of samples submitted to the OSU Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic.
• Presents training to industry and extension audiences on various aspects of turfgrass diseases and turfgrass health management

Teaching

• Turfgrass Diseases and Integrated Turf Health Management (PLNTPTH 5130) course at Ohio State

Turf Disease website > turfdisease.osu.edu

Videos (updates through the growing season)

• Turf Tips - Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (shared through social media)
• OSU Turf Team Times

> Familes of Fungicdes for Turfgrass (pdf) 2019 J.W. Rimelspach and T.E. Hicks 

News

Turfnet.com > Ohio State's Disease Day helps turf managers ID problems and solutions (2019) 

Turfnet.com > Joe and Todd - Ohio State's 1-2 pathology punch

Awards

• Founders Award (2019) Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association 
• Ohio Turfgrass Foundation (OTF) Professional of the Year (2013)
• Founders Award, Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association (2013)