Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology
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Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology

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Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology

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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

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9781420006483
Edition
1
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Botany
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Editor
  6. Contributors
  7. Section I: Turfgrass Management/Maintenance-Related Issues
  8. Chapter 1. Preference of Golf-Course Operators for Various Turf Varieties and Their Perceived Importance of Selected Problems in Turf Maintenance
  9. Section II: Turfgrass Growth, Management and Cultural Practices
  10. Chapter 2. Carbon Metabolism in Turfgrasses
  11. Chapter 3. Warm-Season Turfgrass Fertilization
  12. Chapter 4. Growth Responses of Bermudagrass to Various Levels of Nutrients in the Culture Medium
  13. Chapter 5. Weed Management in Warm-Season Turfgrass
  14. Chapter 6. Weed Management Practices Using ALS-Inhibiting Herbicides for Successful Overseeding and Spring Transition
  15. Chapter 7. Management of Tropical Turfgrasses
  16. Chapter 8. Turfgrass Culture for Sod Production
  17. Section III: Sports-Turf Management
  18. Chapter 9. Culture of Natural Turf Athletic Fields
  19. Section IV: Turfgrass Growth Regulators: Promoters and Inhibitors
  20. Chapter 10. Applied Physiology of Natural and Synthetic Plant Growth Regulators on Turfgrasses
  21. Section V: Turfgrass Breeding, Genetics, and Biotechnology
  22. Chapter 11. Breeding Turfgrasses
  23. Section VI: Turfgrass Growth Disorders, Pathology, Diseases, and Turf Disease Management and Control
  24. Chapter 12. Nutritional Disorders of Turfgrasses
  25. Chapter 13. Biological Control of Turfgrass Fungal Diseases
  26. Chapter 14. Current Understanding and Management of Rapid Blight Disease on Turfgrasses
  27. Chapter 15. A Review of Dead Spot on Creeping Bentgrass and a Road Map for Future Research
  28. Section VII: Turfgrass Integrated Pest Management
  29. Chapter 16. Herbicide Formulation Effects on Efficacy and Weed Physiology
  30. Chapter 17. Techniques to Formulate and Deliver Biological Control Agents to Bentgrass Greens
  31. Chapter 18. Biological Control of Some Insect Pests of Turfgrasses
  32. Chapter 19. Microbial Control of Turfgrass Insects
  33. Chapter 20. Integrated Pest Management of White Grubs
  34. Chapter 21. Biology and Management of the Annual Bluegrass Weevil, Listronotus maculicollis (Coleptera: Curculionidae)
  35. Chapter 22. Understanding and Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Turfgrasses
  36. Section VIII: Turfgrass Management and Physiological Responses under Environmental Stress Conditions
  37. Chapter 23. Acid Soil and Aluminum Tolerance in Turfgrasses
  38. Chapter 24. Relative Salinity Tolerance of Turfgrass Species and Cultivars
  39. Chapter 25. Physiological Adaptations of Turfgrasses to Salinity Stress
  40. Chapter 26. Salinity Issues Associated with Recycled Wastewater Irrigation of Turfgrass Landscapes
  41. Chapter 27. Turfgrass Drought Physiology and Irrigation Management
  42. Chapter 28. Shade Stress and Management
  43. Chapter 29. Cold-Stress Physiology and Management of Turfgrasses
  44. Chapter 30. Cold-Stress Response of Cool-Season Turfgrass: Antioxidant Mechanism
  45. Chapter 31. Responses of Turfgrass to Low-Oxygen Stress
  46. Chapter 32. Identification of Turfgrass Stress Utilizing Spectral Reflectance
  47. Chapter 33. Enhancing Turfgrass Nitrogen Use under Stresses
  48. Section IX: Turfgrass Management and Physiological Issues in the Future
  49. Chapter 34. Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata), a Potential Future Turfgrass Species with Minimum Maintenance/Management Practice Requirements
  50. Chapter 35. Native Grasses as Drought-Tolerant Turfgrasses of the Future
  51. Chapter 36. The History, Role, and Potential of Optical Sensing for Practical Turf Management
  52. Index
  53. Back cover