Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Second Edition

Management of Turfgrass Diseases, Second Edition
Author: Joseph M. Vargas
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1993-12-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781566700467

This Second Edition of Management of Turfgrass Diseases has been completely revised and updated to provide the latest information on maintaining a healthy turf and identifying turf diseases. Written by a leading international lecturer on turf grasses, the book covers cultural, genetic, biological, and chemical approaches to turf management and provides practical solutions to everyday problems. Fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases; black layer disease; and diseases caused by nematodes are addressed for all major grasses. You'll learn about cool and warm season grasses, growing conditions, new diseases, symptoms, and identification and management techniques. Valuable tips on irrigation, fertilization, and grass culture as well as 72 full-color photographs and more than 100 figures ensure this book will be dog-eared from use. It's almost like having your own private turfgrass consultant sitting right on your bookshelf. What's New in the Second Edition? This second edition features new grasses, new diseases, and the latest research findings and practices. You'll have the most up-to-date information available on these major grasses:

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases
Author: Richard W. Smiley
Publisher: American Phytopathological Society
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1992
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Noninfectious diseases; Infectious diseases; Other agents, diseases, and disorders; Ecology and taxonomy of pathogenic fungi; Disease control strategy; Disease diagnosis.

Management of Turfgrass Diseases

Management of Turfgrass Diseases
Author: Joseph M. Vargas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351434179

This Second Edition of Management of Turfgrass Diseases has been completely revised and updated to provide the latest information on maintaining a healthy turf and identifying turf diseases. Written by a leading international lecturer on turf grasses, the book covers cultural, genetic, biological, and chemical approaches to turf management and provides practical solutions to everyday problems. Fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases; black layer disease; and diseases caused by nematodes are addressed for all major grasses. You'll learn about cool and warm season grasses, growing conditions, new diseases, symptoms, and identification and management techniques. Valuable tips on irrigation, fertilization, and grass culture as well as 72 full-color photographs and more than 100 figures ensure this book will be dog-eared from use. It's almost like having your own private turfgrass consultant sitting right on your bookshelf. What's New in the Second Edition? This second edition features new grasses, new diseases, and the latest research findings and practices. You'll have the most up-to-date information available on these major grasses:

Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management

Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management
Author: Nick Christians
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2011-07-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0470587318

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.

The Turfgrass Disease Handbook

The Turfgrass Disease Handbook
Author: Houston B. Couch
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Provides turfgrass management specialists, consultants, extension agents, and students with updated information on the nature, diagnosis, and control of each of the major diseases of cool and warm season golf, landscape, recreation, and sports turfgrasses. Covering all aspects of disease diagnosis and control, this volume includes color photographs and information on the environmental and cultural conditions that lead to problems. Wire spiral inside hard cover.

The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance

The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance
Author: Nick E. Christians
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2008-01-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 047004845X

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.

Turfgrass Problems

Turfgrass Problems
Author: Eva Gussack
Publisher: Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes)
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2001
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options is designed to help turfgrass managers, golf course superintendents, homeowners, and other identify turfgrass problems and implement appropriate management strategies to maintain healthy plants.--COVER.

Creeping Bentgrass Management

Creeping Bentgrass Management
Author: Peter H. Dernoeden
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2012-06-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1466509937

Creeping bentgrass is considered the premier turfgrass species grown on golf courses, and there is a growing demand for an understanding of its maintenance and management practices. Still the only comprehensive reference on the subject, Creeping Bentgrass Management, Second Edition helps you identify the factors that contribute to summer bentgrass

Turfgrass Management

Turfgrass Management
Author: Alfred Turgeon
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733288101

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.