Fundamentals of tropical turf management /

• Main Author: Wiecko, G. (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2006.
• Subjects: Turf management.; Turfgrasses.; Horticultural Crops, (New March 2000); Plant Morphology and Structure.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Plant Production.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Fertilizers and other Amendments.; Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Adaptation.; Compaction.; Crop establishment.; Cultivation.; Fertilizers.; Golf courses.; Irrigation.; Lawns and turf.; Mowing.; Plant morphology.; Plant nutrition.; Plant pests.; Plant physiology.; Soil.; Sports grounds.; Thatch.; Tropics.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.