Turfgrass Science and Management
Edition: 4 edition
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Published: May 3, 2007
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9781418013301
Subjects: Gardening: plants; Horticulture; Turfgrass Management; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - Agronomy; Life Sciences - Horticulture; Plants - Grasses; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Turfgrass Management; Turfgrass Science; Turfgrass Science and Management; Emmons; Agriculture - General; Turf management; Turfgrasses; Turfgrasses industry
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: The turfgrass industry; title: Introduction to turfgrass; title: Warm season grasses; title: Cool season grasses; title: Introduction to soils; title: Soil modification; title: Soil chemistry; title: Soil testing; title: Establishment; title: Fertilization; title: Mowing; title: Water and irrigation; title: Pesticides; title: Weeds; title: Insects; title: Turfgrass diseases; title: Integrated pest management; title: Other turfgrass problems; title: Improving unsatisfactory turf; title: Golf course management; title: Lawns and other turf areas; title: Sports turf; title: Business management practices; title: Turfgrass calculations; title: Appendixes. Conversion tables; title: Sprayer calibration; title: Spreader calibration; title: Indentification of grasses by vegetative characteristics; title: Seed identification; title: Glossary