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Introduction
This page collects resources focused on Turfgrass Management. Below, you will find a curated selection of recommended books and e-books covering a wide range of Turfgrass topics, as well as links to valuable data and statistics related to the field.
The books below are just a starting point! To find related material through our catalog, URI Libraries Search, try terms like Turfgrass Management, Turfgrass Pests, Turf Production, Landscape- Management, Design to find additional relevant resources on your own!
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Recommended Books & eBooks
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Achieving Sustainable Turfgrass management
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 1801460213Publication Date: 2023This book showcases how the turfgrass industry can adopt more sustainable management practices and reduce it's environmental impact. It explores topics such as turfgrass physiology, breeding and cultivation. -
Turfgrass
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9780891186144Publication Date: 2015This book presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and issues in the field of turfgrass research and management. It includes topics such as genetics and breeding, diseases and pests, and the ecology of turfgrasses. -
Stress Biology of Turfgrass
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9783725807697Publication Date: 2024This text focuses on research related to the physiological, metabolic, and molecular mechanisms of turfgrasses in response to drought, heat, cold, or ionic stress. It includes research articles covering antioxidant defense systems, water homeostasis, and ionic equilibrium in turfgrasses in response to abiotic stress, the effects of plant growth regulators in turfgrasses exposed to abiotic stress, physiological and metabolic differences affected by stress in turfgrasses, and key genes and proteins associated with stress tolerance in turfgrasses.
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Biocontrol of Plant Disease
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 1789450985Publication Date: 2022This book covers the new advances on plant disease management that are emerging from research. -
Plant Diseases
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781789851151Publication Date: 2020This book presents all the latest material and knowledge about plant pathogens, changes or refinements in plant disease epidemiology, and new approaches and materials used for plant pathogen control. -
Plant Diseases and Their Management
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Call Number: Carothers Library Stacks SB950 .P536 2025ISBN: 9781774916087Publication Date: 2024This text discusses the most modern methods in control and management of plant diseases. It covers a wide range of themes on the biological, cultural, chemical, and genome engineering controls for plant diseases brought on by viruses, bacteria, phytoplasma, and fungi. -
Handbook of Plant Disease Identification and Management
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 0429998309Publication Date: 2018This text presents the fundamentals of plant diseases identification based on symptomology and management focusing mainly on integrated pest management approach. It is sorted by different fruit and vegetable plants intends to aid growers in managing diseases and help scientists with future research.
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Plants and Planting on Landscape Sites
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Call Number: Carothers Library Stacks SB472.45 .T46 2016ISBN: 9781780646183Publication Date: 2016This book contains the essential horticultural knowledge and concepts needed to understand the limits of the material readers may be working with and helps them make informed decisions. It contains sections on: the landscape site; selecting, assessing and purchasing plants; understanding nursery practice; forms and types of transplant traded; seeds and direct seeding; pre-planting site work; transplanting; and care in the establishment phase. -
The History of Landscape Design in 100 Gardens
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Call Number: Carothers Library Stacks SB472.45 .C453 2018ISBN: 9781604695298Publication Date: 2018This book explores the key moments in garden design. Through profiles of 100 of the most influential gardens, it shows how social, political, and economic influences shaped garden design principles. -
Principles of Ecological Landscape Design
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Call Number: ebookISBN: 9781610911993Publication Date: 2013This text explains key ecological concepts and their application to the design and management of sustainable landscapes. It covers biogeography and plant selection, assembling plant communities, competition and coexistence, designing ecosystems, materials cycling and soil ecology, plant-animal interactions, biodiversity and stability, disturbance and succession, landscape ecology, and global change.
Online Resources
Here are some freely available websites relating to turfgrass and turfgrass management.
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The Turfgrass Information File databaseTGIF's goal is to provide quick access to published and electronic resources for users across the world and ultimately to all published materials reporting on aspects of turfgrass and its maintenance.
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Turfgrass and Water Efficiency- EPAIncludes information about different types of turfgrass, irrigation, mowing and matienence, and additional resources.
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The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP)The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) is designed to develop and coordinate uniform evaluation trials of turfgrass varieties and promising selections in the United States and Canada.
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Turfgrass And Environmental Research- USGAFrom green construction and developing best management practices to supporting turfgrass breeding and environmental protection, USGA turfgrass and environmental research has led the way in helping courses improve playing conditions and optimize resource use.
