Thomas L. Watschke, Peter H. Dernoeden, David J. Shetlar

Managing Turfgrass Pests (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040161845
• Artikelnr.: 72300474

Autorenporträt

Dr. Thomas L. Watschke is presently professor emeritus of turfgrass science at the Pennsylvania State University, where he was on the faculty for 35 years. Dr. Watschke has been honored nationally by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the American Sod Producers Association, Division C-5 (ASA, CSSA) Grau Award, and has been accorded fellow status by both the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. He is recognized throughout the world for his teaching and research accomplishments in weed science, plant growth regulation, and water quality. He has made presentations in France, Australia, Spain, England, Scotland, and Canada and is active in the International Turfgrass Society.

Dr. Peter H. Dernoeden is a professor of turfgrass science in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. Dr. Dernoeden has published more than 100 scientific journal articles and several books, including Creeping Bentgrass Management, Second Edition. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA). He received the Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award from the Turfgrass Science Division of CSSA. He was also the recipient of The Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland. In 2012, he received the Colonel John Morley Distinguished Service Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

Dr. David J. Shetlar is a professor of urban landscape entomology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Shetlar has authored and coauthored numerous trade magazine articles, research journal articles, books and book chapters, and extension factsheets and bulletins. Dr. Shetlar, who goes