Best golf course management practices
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Best golf course management practices
Prentice Hall, c2001
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 655-659) and index
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Description
For courses in Turfgrass Management and Golf Course Management.
This text provides up-to-date basic and applied information on new products, grasses, and techniques used to develop best management practices for golf courses. It covers grasses available, their selection and use, soils and soil amendments, pest management and IPM practices, and environmental concerns and strategies. The author and 27 acclaimed contributors share their expertise in areas ranging from turfgrass to environmental science. The most current and comprehensive publication on the market, Best Golf Course Management Practices provides the need-to-know information that leads to successful golf course construction and maintenance. Its in-depth, easy-to-read style is ideal for golf course superintendents, their staff, owners, club officials as well as students of 2- and 4-year schools.
Table of Contents
I. BEST TURFGRASSES FOR GOLF COURSES.
1. Turfgrasses.
2. Plant Growth and Development.
II. BEST SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
3. Soil Chemical Properties.
4. Soil Mineral Properties.
5. Soil Oxygen and Temperature Properties.
6. Soil Organisms.
III. BEST GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION AND ESTABLISHMENT PRACTICES.
7. Golf Course Construction and Renovation.
8. Putting Green Construction.
9. Turfgrass Establishment and "Grow-In."
IV. BEST TURFGRASS FERTILIZATION PRACTICES.
10. Plant Nutrition and Turf Fertilizers.
11. Developing Turf Fertilizer Programs.
12. Fertilizer Calculations.
V. BEST GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION PRACTICES.
13. Water Management in Turf.
14. Irrigation Water Quality.
15. Effluent Wastewater Use on Turf.
VI. BEST TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
16. Cultural Practices.
17. Management Practices Affecting Putting Speed.
18. Overseeding.
19. Managing Bentgrass Golf Greens.
20. Managing Bermudagrass Golf Greens.
VII. BEST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PRACTICES.
21. Integrated Pest Management.
22. Turfgrass Diseases.
23. Turfgrass Insects.
24. Turfgrass Nematodes.
25. Turfgrass Weeds.
26. Turfgrass Plant Growth Retardants.
27. Activated Charcoal for Pesticide Deactivation.
VIII. BEST PESTICIDE NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING.
28. Effective, Safe, and Legal Use of Pesticides.
29. Best Golf Course Environmental Protection Strategies.
30. Sprayer and Spreader Calibration.
Glossary.
Appendix A: Stoke's Velocity Equation for Falling Particles and Darcy's Equation for Calculating Hydraulic Conductivity.
Appendix B: Calculating Soil Porosity.
Appendix C: Calibration Formulas and Metric Conversion Tables.
References and Additional Reading.
Index.
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