Publisher's Synopsis
Updated with recent developments in turfgrass science and technology "Turfgrass Management" explores the important features of turfgrass ecosystems, interaction between turfgrass components and various principles of management. It explains how to establish and sustain turf at a desired level of quality and sets out guidelines for applying new pesticides, fertilizers and other materials use to combat turfgrass problems.;Taking into account the rapid evolution of this science, this third edition introduces new approaches and terminology in an attempt to provide a reasonably consistent picture of turfgrass ecosystems and the processes which occur within it. There are also discussions on newer aspects of turfgrass management such as adapting turfgrass to specific climatic conditions, cultural principles and the atmospheric, adaphic and biotic components of the turfgrass environments.
