Fundamentals of tropical turf management /

This book presents basic turf management subjects applicable to tropical climates in a simple and direct way that can easily be understood by readers from diverse cultures. It is liberally illustrated with line drawings and photographs to aid understanding of key concepts, processes and relationship...

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Main Author: Wiecko, G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
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505 0 # |a Introduction to Turf-grasses -- Turf-grass Species -- Soil -- Turf-grass Establishment --Turf Nutrition and Fertilization -- Mowing -- Irrigation -- Turf Cultivation, Compaction and Thatch -- Golf-course Maintenance -- Sports Turf -- Pests. 
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520 3 # |a This book presents basic turf management subjects applicable to tropical climates in a simple and direct way that can easily be understood by readers from diverse cultures. It is liberally illustrated with line drawings and photographs to aid understanding of key concepts, processes and relationships presented. The book covers all aspects of turf management through chapters on climate adaptation, physiology and morphology of turfgrasses; different species; soils; establishment; nutrition and fertilization; mowing; irrigation; cultivation, compaction and thatch; golf course maintenance; sports turf; and pests. This book will be useful as a basic text for students in the fields of turfgrass management, horticulture, landscape architecture and agronomy. It will also be of interest to practitioners involved in working on golf courses, sports fields, parks and recreation grounds. 
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588 # # |a Title from PDF title page (viewed July 22, 2015). 
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650 # 0 |a Turfgrasses. 
650 # 4 |a Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Plant Morphology and Structure. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Nutrition. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Production. 
650 # 4 |a Plant Pests, (New March 2000) 
650 # 4 |a Fertilizers and other Amendments. 
650 # 4 |a Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002) 
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650 # 7 |a Mowing.  |2 cabt 
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650 # 7 |a Sports grounds.  |2 cabt 
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