Creeping Bentgrass Management

ISBN-13: 9781138076907 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 378 str.

Dernoeden, Peter H. (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)

Opis

Written by a leading authority on creeping bentgrass, this book helps identify the factors that contribute to summer bentgrass decline. It explains the nature of environmental, physical, and other stresses and guides reaaders in selecting the best approaches for stress and pest management. Featuring color photographs, it examines the major diseases that affect creeping bentgrass and focuses on practical cultural, chemical, and biological management strategies. This second edition of a bestseller also includes new chapters on fungicides, abiotic maladies, and selected invertebrate pests.

Spis treści

The Nature of Summer Stresses. Cultural Practices for Summer Stress Management. Selected Biotic and Abiotic Maladies of Bentgrass. Selected Creeping Bentgrass Diseases and Pathogens. Biological Approaches to Turf Disease Management. Understanding Modern Turf Fungicides. Herbicides for Creeping Bentgrass. Use of Plant Growth Regulators on Creeping Bentgrass. Renovation. Selected Invertebrate Pests.

O autorze

Peter H. Dernoeden is a Professor of Turfgrass Science in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland.