Turfgrasses: Their Management and Use in the Southern Zone, Second Edition
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Book Overview
This extensively revised edition of Richard L. Duble's reference volume contains all the information needed to create and maintain beautiful lawngrass for homes, golf courses, athletic fields, and parks in mild climates. Based on the author's thirty years of research, Turfgrasses presents a thorough discussion of more than one hundred varieties and twelve species of warm-season turfgrasses. Chapters explain the basic biology of turfgrass growth from seed to maturity and review each type of turfgrass, giving its origin, area of adaptation, use, management, and unique characteristics. Creating a new turf is explained, from site selection and seedbed preparation to maintenance practices. Special turfgrass improvement methods are presented for both shaded and overseeded sites. Other chapter topics include common diseases, plus a helpful key to their identification; management practices for turfgrass insects, such as white grubs, chinch bugs, sod webworms, and armyworms; and turfgrass maintenance programs for golf greens and athletic fields. Profuse color illustrations and tables focus on water budgeting, turfgrass selection criteria, and mowing height and frequency to seeding rates, fertilizer calculations, and chemical controls.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1585441619
ISBN13:9781585441617
Release Date:April 2001
Publisher:Texas A&M University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Turfgrass Book Review
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Dr. Duble is an outstanding agronomist and writer. Even though this book is actually a textbook used by Dr. Duble and others to teach college level turfgrass management, it is extremely useful as a reference manual for all kinds of turfgrass issues here in Texas. Great reference book!
IF you grow turfgrasses in the south read this book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This really a text book but it read like a great book on turfgrasses as a master gardener I use this book in my class.
Good turf management book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book provides a compehensive discussion of turfgrasses and their management. There are plenty of pictures showing grasses, weeds, and diseases suffered. The pictures are all very clear and close up so you know what you are looking at. There is also plenty of info on how the manage(fertilize, mow, etc.) grasses. I actually used this book in a class taught by the author(Dr. Richard Duble); while I used this as a college textbook, this book does not read like a college textbook so it should appeal to a wider audience.
addition to previous review
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
The book is good for all people...topics covered apply not only to athletic fields(and golf courses), but also to the average home user. After reading the maintenance section, most people will learn that they over-fertilize and over-water. Topics also include tufrgass diseases, weed control, and managing insect problems.
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