SGL UVC180
Sustainable fungal disease treatment
The sustainable fungal disease treatment for turfgrass. By destroying the DNA of fungi with UV-C light, it enables you to prevent fungal outbreak without affecting the grass plant and the environment..
The lightweight, walk-behind machine is specifically developed to control fungal diseases on highly maintained turfgrass sports playing surfaces in a structural manner. The UVC180 is equipped with Ultraviolet (UV-C) lamps emitting artificial light, an alternative approach to reducing disease pressure, without the conventional chemical methods.
Why to use?
- Prevent grass diseases
- Keep your grass healthy and safe for players
- Improve quality of play
When to use?
Use when the disease pressure is high. If you add the Assist module "Disease Forecast", it calculates exactly which diseases are likely to occur and when and how often it is recommended to use the UVC180.
How to use?
It is a walk behind machine with a programmed speed, to have maximum effect on the fungal disease without harming the grass.
How does UV-C light inactivate microorganisms?
UVC radiation has already been used for over 40 years to disinfect water, air, pharmaceutical products, and surfaces. Microorganisms (such as fungi and viruses) have genetic material, either DNA or RNA. A DNA molecule is made of two strands bound together by four bases, adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). When biological organisms are exposed to UVC light in the range of 200 nm to 300 nm, the light penetrates through the cell wall and disrupts the DNA molecules, specifically by thymine bases. Disrupted DNA cannot replicate and therefore the fungi or virus dies before it causes any damage to your turfgrass or players. Because grass cells are much more resistant to UV-C light than fungal or virus cells, the amount of UV-C light radiated by the UVC180 is high enough to kill the fungi and viruses, while the grass plant is not affected.
Read more about fungus control with UV-C light.
Know before visisble to the human eye
A seven-day disease forecast shows you which diseases are likely to occur in the next week, calculated with the data of your specific playing surface. Based on this forecast the advised frequency and settings of use of the UVC180 are determined. The required frequency of UVC180 treatment depends on the disease pressure. Our algorithm calculates the pressure of many different fungi for your specific playing surface, based on local weather forecasts and - when available - growth data from the monitoring equipment. This will be shown on your personal online Portal, together with the advised frequency of UVC180 usage.
Read more about the Disease Forecast.
SGL: Stay ahead of the game
Our technology is founded on thorough agronomical and technical research. Our experienced agronomy team and product developers work closely together, every day, to keep improving and innovating our system. We continuously expand our knowledge and improve our technology to help turfgrass professionals get the best possible results.
We always aim to develop our products in cooperation with our (potential) customers. We develop products in order to help the end users achieve a high quality playing surface, therefore we ask them for their feedback and preferences. What kind of products are needed? What aspects are important to take into account when designing a new product? What makes a product user friendly for a groundsman?
Centaur Asia Pacific is the distributor for SGL in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and other countries in the region.
Updated on: 6 September 2022
