Ebook: Golf Turf Management

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Commonly Used Abbreviations -- Section I : Turfgrasses for Golf Courses -- Chapter 1: Turfgrasses -- The Golf Industry -- Golf Course Rating -- Turfgrass Taxonomy -- Scientific Names -- Turf Quality -- Adaptation -- Climate -- Climatic Zones -- Cultivars and Their Characteristics-Warm-Season Grasses (Table 1.4) -- Bermudagrass -- Zoysiagrass -- Bahiagrass -- Carpetgrass -- Centipedegrass -- Kikuyugrass -- Seashore Paspalum -- St. Augustinegrass -- Cultivars and Their Characteristics-Cool-Season Grasses (Table 1.9) -- Bentgrasses -- Kentucky Bluegrass -- Tall Fescue -- Perennial Ryegrass -- Fine Fescue -- Annual Bluegrass -- Canada Bluegrass -- Supina Bluegrass -- Other Cool-Season Turfgrasses -- Native, Low Maintenance, and Ornamental Grasses -- Warm-Season Grasses -- Cool-Season Grasses -- Ornamental Grasses -- Chapter 2: Turfgrass Physiology and Environmental Stresses -- Plant Characteristics -- Seed -- Crowns -- Leaves -- Stems -- Roots -- Inflorescence -- Turfgrass Physiology -- Photosynthesis -- Light Reactions -- Carbon Reactions -- C3 (or Cool-Season) Plants -- C4 (or Warm-Season) Plants -- Kranz Anatomy -- Photorespiration -- C4 Plants Compared to C3 Plants -- Respiration -- Photosynthesis and Respiration Balance in Plants -- Growth Hormones -- Growth Promoters -- Growth Inhibitors -- Biostimulants -- Environmental Stresses -- Light Intensity (or Shade) -- Temperature Stress -- Low-Temperature Stress -- Best Management Practices Minimizing Low-Temperature Stress -- Diagnosing Low-Temperature Injury -- Heat Stress on Cool-Season Turfgrasses -- Best Management Practices for Reducing Heat Stress of Cool-Season Turfgrasses -- Drought Stress -- Salinity -- Turfgrass Salt Tolerance.;"This book provides inofrmation on all major agronomic and economic topics related to building and maintaining a viable golf course. It presents technical information on biological events influence on golf course turf and features extensive information on soils, biology, construction, cultural practices, and pest management of a golf course in an environmentally friendly manner. The book features comprehensive information on turfgrass physiology, plant nutrition and turf fertilizers, water management, turf diseases, insects, and weeds; turf cultural practices, managing greens and tees as well as corporate course management strategies."--Provided by publisher.