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Book Synopsis Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management by : Nick Christians
Download or read book Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management written by Nick Christians and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the principles of turfgrass management, covering everything from basic turfgrass science to fertilization, mowing, turfgrass diseases, irrigation topdressing, pest management, as well as career paths, and much more.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology by : Mohammad Pessarakli
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
Book Synopsis Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation by : Gary Beehag
Download or read book Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation written by Gary Beehag and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vital for a game of cricket or golf and enjoyable when picnicking in the park, turfgrass provides a wide range of aesthetic and recreational benefits. However, managed turfgrass is prone to damaging outbreaks of insects and mites. Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation is the first comprehensive work on the plant-eating insects and mites of the grass and non-grass species currently maintained as ornamental lawns and turfgrass playing surfaces throughout Australia, the South Pacific and South-East Asia. This book provides an industry reference for the identification of pests affecting the roots, stems and leaves of turfgrass and control of these species through integrated pest management. It contains information on the distribution, ecology and biology of pests and how to monitor them. The integrated pest management approach outlined in the book includes natural environmental controls, beneficial and predatory species of arthropods, resistant cultivars and insecticidal and miticidal pesticides. Pest Management of Turfgrass for Sport and Recreation is an essential manual for managers of sportsgrounds, bowling greens, lawn tennis courts, golf courses, racecourses, ornamental landscapes, amenity parklands, public reserves and turfgrass production farms.
Book Synopsis International Turf Management by : David Aldous
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 361 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.
Book Synopsis The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance by : Nick E. Christians
Download or read book The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance written by Nick E. Christians and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loaded with helpful hints and easy-to-understand examples -- and now with 20 percent more content -- this book covers the type of mathematical problems that golf course superintendents face every day. You'll learn how to handle budgeting estimates and figure how much fertilizer or pesticide you should buy. You'll also find guidance on the ordering of topdressing, irrigation volume and coverage, area and volume calculations, and many other aspects of golf course operation that require a thorough understanding of basic mathematical principles. Whatever the management calculation may be, this book has the solution you need! Example problems and answers help you get the job done right.
Book Synopsis Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses by : David E Aldous
Download or read book Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses written by David E Aldous and published by Landlinks Press. This book was released on 2002-06-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sports Turf and Amenity Grasses is a comprehensive reference for anyone involved with the selection and maintenance of grasses used in sports and amenity areas in all areas. It provides a means to identify these grasses through keys, descriptions and photographs, and also provides detailed information on sowing, oversowing, stolonising and mowing heights. The performance of each grass is assessed and detailed comments made on positive and negative aspects of its use. A grass’s tolerance to high temperature, frost, drought, shade, wet soil, salinity, low soil fertility, wear and close mowing is given in a table with each aspect rated. Further comments are made on how well it combines with particular grasses and on issues such as seedling vigour and sowing times.
Book Synopsis Turfgrass Management by : Alfred Turgeon
Download or read book Turfgrass Management written by Alfred Turgeon and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turfgrass Management Edition 1.0 has been designed as a basic text for beginning students of turfgrass science and management. In covering the important features of turfgrass systems, interactions between and among system components, and principles of turfgrass management, it attempts to unlock some of the mysteries of turf and establish the role of cultural interventions for achieving specific objectives. Illustrations and images are used generously throughout the text to help students grasp concepts, processes, and relationships of importance in turfgrass systems. Each chapter concludes with a series of questions to test the reader's comprehension of the material. Turfgrass Management has been known as the most respected foundational text for students and professionals within the turfgrass industry. Published by Turfpath, LLC, it is now the most comprehensive and affordable book on the market.
Book Synopsis Managing Bermudagrass Turf by : L. B. McCarty
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 258 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.
Book Synopsis Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf by : Kevin A. Handreck
Download or read book Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf written by Kevin A. Handreck and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive revision ofGrowing Media, first published in 1984 and last revised in 2002. Since its first publication the book has been a core text for Horticulture students at TAFE colleges and universities as well as an important reference title.
Book Synopsis Turfgrass Soil Fertility & Chemical Problems by : R. N. Carrow
Download or read book Turfgrass Soil Fertility & Chemical Problems written by R. N. Carrow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-08-26 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turfgrass Soil Fertility and Chemical Problems is the best single-source, practical management tool that will help you overcome every fertility management challenge you face! Turfgrass Soil Fertility and Chemical problems will: * Help you pinpoint the effectiveness of fertilizer programs to ensure turfgrass quality, water quality, and environmental integrity * Help you understand a multitude of turfgrass species and cultivars and their complex nutrient responses or requirements * Explains site-specific fertilization, covering issues such as establishment on poor quality soils and the use of low-quality irrigation water * Show you how fertilization is important for environmental, traffic, and stress tolerance, as well as recovery * Show you how to apply the interpretation of soil, tissue, and water-quality test information in the development of fertilization regimes
Book Synopsis Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals 2018 Edition by : Aaron Patton
Download or read book Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals 2018 Edition written by Aaron Patton and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide provides weed identification and control information that turfgrass professionals can use to develop effective weed control programs for golf courses, athletic fields, sod farms, lawns, and other turfgrass systems. The recommendations apply to the majority of the United States, with input from experts in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Formerly Purdue Extension publication AY-336.
Download or read book Turfgrasses written by Richard L. Duble and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to creating and maintaining turf for athletic fields, golf courses, parks, cemeteries, and commercial and residential landscapes. The author describes the biology of turfgrasses and provides extensive information about each of the species that predominate in the southern zone. Chapters include detailed information about soil types, terrain, and climate; establishing new turf; controlling weeds, diseases, and insects; and cultural practices. Ample bandw and color photographs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Environmental Horticulture by : Ross Cameron
Download or read book Environmental Horticulture written by Ross Cameron and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental horticulture - also referred to as landscape horticulture and amenity horticulture - is the umbrella term for the horticulture that we encounter in our daily lives. This includes parks, botanic gardens, sports facilities, landscape gardens, roundabouts, cemeteries, shopping centres - any public space which has grass, planting and trees. This book reflects contemporary thinking and is supported by scientific evidence to show the role, value and application of horticulture in the landscape. The discipline of environmental horticulture, its importance and impact on the wider environment is explored in the first part, whilst the second part covers practical horticultural management of different categories of environmental horticulture.
Book Synopsis Horticulture Management & Supervision by : Donald W. Jackson
Download or read book Horticulture Management & Supervision written by Donald W. Jackson and published by Delmar Pub. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HORT 101: Management Guidelines for Young Supervisors is an invaluable resource for both university and junior college horticulture curriculums. No other management text exists today that is able to mesh current supervisory principles with an intimate day-to-day understanding of the Green Industry. By incorporating real-life scenarios that are firmly-based in the landscape, nursery, golf course/turf management and arboriculture professions, this text is able to greatly assist soon-to-be supervisors in working through a multitude of decision-making processes. Since students are encouraged to incorporate a broad cross-section of supervisory principles in problem-solving personnel issues; they will be much better able to effectively manage staff and be equally skilled in intertwining their managerial skills with the long-term goals of the organization.
Book Synopsis Ecological Golf Course Management by : Paul D. Sachs
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
Book Synopsis Practical Drainage for Golf, Sportsturf and Horticulture by : Keith McIntyre
Download or read book Practical Drainage for Golf, Sportsturf and Horticulture written by Keith McIntyre and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-07-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical Drainage is easy to read and presented in a non-technical style generously supported with helpful illustrations. There are three key messages in this book: water moves sideways only slowly through soil--leading to a detailed description of how drains work; the how-and-why of perched water table methods of construction; and sands are different from one another--they must be tested before use in turf root zones. These key messages are preceded by detailed descriptions of how water moves into soils and the effects of compaction on that movement. The final chapters give step-by-step guidelines for calculating drain spacings and depths, based on measurements of the hydraulic conductivity of the soil and its various layers. There are also chapters about how to measure hydraulic conductivity and how to design and install sub-soil drainage systems.
Book Synopsis Turfgrass History and Literature by : James B Beard
Download or read book Turfgrass History and Literature written by James B Beard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a detailed chronicle of the evolution and history of turfgrass, documents its use worldwide as reflected in early publications and photographs and explores the development of turfgrass science and culture. An important reference and background resource for scholars and collectors, the book examines turfgrass literature and provides an extensive bibliography of turfgrass publications, research development, and educational programs via reviews, scientific journals, research reports, and trade publications.
