Managing Turfgrass Pests

ISBN-13: 9781138076372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 519 str.

Watschke, Thomas L. (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA)|||Dernoeden, Peter H. (University of Maryl

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Written by top turfgrass professionals, this second edition of a bestseller presents hundreds of solutions and best practices to help you manage turfgrass weeds, diseases, and insects more effectively. It explains how to integrate cultural, biological, and chemical management tactics to ensure quality and functional turf on lawns, athletic fields, and golf courses. Rather than simply relying on a pesticide solution, the authors discuss how to fine-tune cultural practices to optimize the competitiveness of your turfgrass against the pests that inevitably become part of any ecosystem.

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Weeds and Their Management: Introduction. Managing Turfgrass Weeds. Managing Summer Annual Grasses. Managing Winter Annual Grasses. Managing Perennial Grasses and Sedges. Managing Summer Annual Broadleaf Weeds. Managing Winter Annual Broadleaf Weeds. Managing Biennials. Managing Perennial Broadleaf Weeds. Weed Management: Integrated Pest Management. Chemical Control Recommendations. Further Reading. Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management: Introduction. Monitoring Disease and Establishing Thresholds. Environmental Conditions and Use of Cultural Practices to Manage Diseases. Biological Control of Turfgrass Diseases. Winter and Early Spring Diseases. Diseases Initiated in Autumn or Spring That May Persist Into Summer. Diseases Initiated During Summer That May Persist Into Autumn. Seedling Diseases or Damping-Off. Bacterial Diseases. Plant Parasitic Nematodes. Virus Diseases. Blue-Green Algae, Moss, and Black-Layer. Collecting and Sending Diseased Samples to a Lab. Fungicides Used to Control Turfgrass Diseases. Acknowledgments. Bibliography. Turfgrass Insect and Mite Management: Goal of Insect and Mite Management. Pest Management Process. Pest Identification. Insects and Mites Associated with Turf: An Introduction. Pest Life Cycles. Zones of Activity (Turf, a Unique Habitat). Monitoring. Selecting Appropriate Controls. Leaf- and Stem-Infesting Insect and Mite Pests. Stem- and Thatch-Infesting Insect and Mite Pests. Soil-Inhabiting (e.g., Thatch- and Root-Infesting) Insects. Nuisance Invertebrate, Insect, and Mite Pests. Nuisance Vertebrate Pests. Further Reading. Index.