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Author : Eric J. Koeritz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Alternative Turfgrasses for More Environmentally Sustainable Golf Course Management written by Eric J. Koeritz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. B. McCarty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781575041636
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Managing Bermudagrass Turf written by L. B. McCarty and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-01-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're determined to create and maintain a beautiful bermuda-grass turf, then let this comprehensive reference be your guide. Here, you'll receive expert information on the fundamentals of green construction and growing-in processes, along with step-by-step cultural practices, and critical techniques for controlling weeds, insects, diseases, and nematodes. You get a comprehensive listing of the various bermudagrass species, complete with scientific and common names, propagation, and worldwide distribution. You'll also find out why and where certain weeds are likely to grow and what cultural or chemical remedies best keep them in check. Nearly 600 photographs illustrate the various stages of plant development and emphasize the key identification characteristics of each plant.
Author : James B. Beard
Publisher : Macmillan College
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Turf Management for Golf Courses written by James B. Beard and published by Macmillan College. This book was released on 1982 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commonly referred to as "Beard's Bible," after Dr. James B. Beard, the internationally recognized turfgrass agronomist who wrote it, the first edition of this essential work sold over 50,000. Since then, Dr. Beard has spent 16 years compiling his scientific research to update his original best-seller, which is written in conjunction with the entire USGA Green Section and covers every practical and technical aspect of turfgrass management, maintenance, and operation. This new edition also boasts hundreds of new color photographs, color drawings, and useful tables that illustrate Dr. Beard's research-proven techniques. Now you can put Dr. Beard's three-decades of experience, and the collective field experience of the USGA Green Section, on your desk in the most complete, most detailed, and most useful manual-of-practice ever published.
Author : R. R. Duncan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1575041413
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Seashore Paspalum written by R. R. Duncan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-07-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A user-friendly operational manual for seashore paspalum, an exciting new grass perfect for use on golf courses, lawns, sports fields, and in sod production! Seashore Paspalum provides an exciting alternative grass of comparable texture and quality to hybrid bermudagrasses that can tolerate effluent, brackish, and seawater blends. Salt-sensitive species can lead to huge management costs, while salt-tolerant seashore paspalum can significantly reduce management efforts saving your time and money--without sacrificing turf quality!
Author : National Golf Foundation
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Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Environmentally Friendly Golf Courses written by National Golf Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how environmentally sound principles & practices are applied to the development & management of golf courses. The 68 articles in this collection discuss environmental benefits, environmental programs, financial & economic issues in course development, course design, legal issues, wildlife preservation, & water & wetlands issues. Many environmentally friendly courses are profiled. Some of the more specialized subjects covered are: the AmerAquatic Bird Survey, environmental design work by various course architects, cactus forest transplanted, total ecosystems, biotechnology, a goose pond, drainage problems, IPM, managing endangered & threatened species, Environmental Steward Award, desalination, & irrigation of arid land. This is a NGF InfoPac publication. InfoPacs are bound collections of full-text articles, compiled & copied from various golf industry magazines, newsletters, & journals.
Author : Nick E. Christians
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119204631
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management written by Nick E. Christians and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FUNDAMENTALS OF TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT THE PREMIER TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK—UPDATED AND EXPANDED Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management is the longstanding authority on all aspects of the science and practices behind world-class turfgrass care. This fully revised Fifth Edition comes enriched by two new authors who share their cutting-edge research and real-world expertise on such topics as growth, soil testing, nutrition, herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides. Coverage throughout is refreshed with new illustrations and charts, as well as: Expanded coverage on professional lawn care programs, including cool-season and warm-season turfgrasses, establishing methods and costs, cultivation, sand topdressing, and more Enhanced material on the most up-to-date thinking and practices in weed management Brand-new chapters on the environmental, economic, and quality-of-life benefits of well-maintained turf, as well as the influence of light on turf health Whether you’re earning a degree or a paycheck, Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management, Fifth Edition remains the most complete, respected guidebook of solutions for developing and maintaining the finest-standards of turfgrass.
Author : Bhupendra Singh
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1947429124
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Fundamentals of Growing Turfgrass written by Bhupendra Singh and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For efficient turfgrass management it is imperative to have an understanding of the fundamentals of turfgrass growth and management. This book presents the fundamental concepts, tools and techniques of turfgrass management in an easy to understand style to the home lawn growers, amateur gardeners, professional landscape architects, sports turf managers, turfgrass nursery developers, horticulturists and students of turfgrass science. The book can serve as a basic guide to all who are involved in turfgrass infrastructure planning, designing and maintenance. The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Grass is the cheapest plant to install and the most expensive to maintain. Sedges have edges, and rushes are round, grasses are hollow. What have you found? Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over. By means of water, we give life to everything.
Author : John C. Stier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0891186131
Total Pages : 1344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Turfgrass written by John C. Stier and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability is a key framework for analyzing biological systems—and turfgrass is no exception. It is part of a complex that encompasses turfgrass interactions with different environments and the suitability of different turfgrasses for specific environments. In addition to its biological role, turfgrass—in the form of lawns, green spaces, and playing surfaces—brings beneficial sociological effects to an increasingly urbanized society. This book presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and issues in the field of turfgrass research and management, including the genetics and breeding, the diseases and pests, and the ecology of turfgrasses, and will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers.
Author : Jack Fry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471472700
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (714 download)
Download or read book Applied Turfgrass Science and Physiology written by Jack Fry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the successful seminar offered through the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Applied Turfgrass Science and Physiology cuts right to the authoritative information and know-how that will keep any turf area in optimal condition. Readers get an overview of turfgrasses, the characteristics of different varieties of turfgrasses; a look at plant responses to drought, temperature extremes, and shade stresses; and a comprehensive review of the latest information on how irrigation, mowing, fertilization, cultivation, and plant growth regulators and bio-stimulants affect turfgrass response to stresses and pests. Case studies and more than 165 illustrations reinforce text.
Author : Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642580017
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function written by Ernst-Detlef Schulze and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biota of the earth is being altered at an unprecedented rate. We are witnessing wholesale exchanges of organisms among geographic areas that were once totally biologically isolated. We are seeing massive changes in landscape use that are creating even more abundant succes sional patches, reductions in population sizes, and in the worst cases, losses of species. There are many reasons for concern about these trends. One is that we unfortunately do not know in detail the conse quences of these massive alterations in terms of how the biosphere as a whole operates or even, for that matter, the functioning of localized ecosystems. We do know that the biosphere interacts strongly with the atmospheric composition, contributing to potential climate change. We also know that changes in vegetative cover greatly influence the hydrology and biochemistry ofa site or region. Our knowledge is weak in important details, however. How are the many services that ecosystems provide to humanity altered by modifications of ecosystem composition? Stated in another way, what is the role of individual species in ecosystem function? We are observing the selective as well as wholesale alteration in the composition of ecosystems. Do these alterations matter in respect to how ecosystems operate and provide services? This book represents the initial probing of this central ques tion. It will be followed by other volumes in this series examining in depth the functional role of biodiversity in various ecosystems of the world.
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (818 download)
Download or read book Environmental and Cultural Factors Affecting the Persistence and Efficacy of Fungicides on Golf Course Turfgrass written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful management of several turfgrass diseases, especially on intensively-maintained golf course turfgrass, requires repeated fungicide applications throughout the year. Repeat fungicide applications can have negative financial, environmental, and toxicological consequences and their use should be limited when possible. Research was developed to determine the factors that influence degradation of the common turfgrass fungicides chlorothalonil and iprodione in a winter environment and under varying temperatures from 2009-2012. Soil temperature, snow melt, and winter rains had the largest influence on fungicide degradation in a winter environment. Photodegradation, as influenced by the presence of absence of snow cover, did not impact fungicide degradation. Focusing on the influence of temperature, higher temperatures led to increased rates of degradation of both fungicides. The mechanisms most likely identified as the primary influences on degradation at higher temperatures were plant and bacterial metabolism. In addition to the activity of fungicides in the turfgrass environment, strategies for reducing fungicide inputs were also explored. Alternative fungicide timings in the spring, made well before the onset of dollar spot symptoms, delayed the onset of disease symptoms and reduced the number of fungicide applications by 1-2 required to successfully manage dollar spot. Disease-resistant creeping bentgrass cultivars such as `Declaration' and `Memorial' did reduce dollar spot and Typhula blight severity compared to older cultivars such as `Penncross, ' but not to the degree where fungicide applications could be eliminated or significantly reduced. The cumulative effect of these studies has introduced new methods of studying and understanding the impact of the environment on turfgrass fungicides, and how simple strategies available today can reduce fungicide usage and enable more sustainable turfgrass management in the future.
Author : David Aldous
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317844904
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book International Turf Management written by David Aldous and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many leisure activities involve the use of turf as a surface. Grass surfaces on golf courses, bowling clubs, cricket pitches, racetracks, and parks all require maintenance by trained personnel. International Turf Management Handbook is written by a team of international experts. It covers all aspects of turf management and in particular * the selection and establishment of grass varieties * soils, irrigation and drainage * performance testing and playing qualities * issues relating to specific playing surfaces In its depth of coverage and detailed practical advice from around the world this comprehensive handbook is destined to become the standard reference work on the subject.
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Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Extension Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul D. Sachs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9781575041544
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Ecological Golf Course Management written by Paul D. Sachs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecological Golf Course Management is the most comprehensive work ever done on ecological turf management. It's a must-have for any golf course superintendent, sports field manager, or turf professional interested in reducing or eliminating chemical pesticide use. Ecological Golf Course Management focuses on managing the health and welfare of all soil organisms from a single-celled bacterium to fully developed turf plants and connects the reader to the important and relevant interactions between them. It points out ways to exploit natural plant defense systems that have been largely ignored and to engage many of the powerful allies that live above and below ground. Ecological Golf Course Management explores in detail the many aspects of: * Biological and botanical pest control * Plant stress management * Compost production and use * Natural disease suppressants * Biological fertility management * Soil, leaf tissue, and water analysis * The ecological impact of conventional pesticides and cultural practices
Author : Mohammad Pessarakli
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420006487
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology written by Mohammad Pessarakli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multibillion dollar industry that has tripled in the last ten years, turfgrass management plays an important role in landscaping, golf courses, and other sports surfaces. Proper management and cultural practices are crucial for the performance of these versatile grasses, creating a demand among scientists, researchers, and industry professionals
Author : Richard L. Duble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Southern Turfgrasses written by Richard L. Duble and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Vancouver Piper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Turf for Golf Courses written by Charles Vancouver Piper and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
