Turfgrass Horticulture Agriculture

Turfgrass Horticulture Agriculture

Turfgrass

Turfgrass management is the intentional care for low canopies of grass(es), family Poaceae. At the minimum, such care must involve mowing or cutting of leaf blades, usually with mechanical equipment. The possible purposes and benefits of turfgrass management may be recreation, esthetic appearance of the landscape, safety, evaporative cooling, conservation of soil or water, fire protection, and sanitation. If the purpose for caring for a grass canopy is a traditional agricultural product such as (1) feed, (2) fiber, or (3) food, then the appropriate category would be (1) Pastures and Forages, (2) Fiber Crops, or (3) Crops.Although turfgrass management originated in Japan by the year 800 A.D., modern turfgrass management had cultural influences from the northern Europe, e.g., the Commons of the British Isles, and mid 1800s eastern North America. Modern turfgrass management typically involves products and equipment only available late in the industrial revolution, such as synthetic pesticides, irrigation pipes, and fertilizers.Turfgrass Management as a subcategory of Science: Agriculture involves the systematic observation of the growth and environmental relationships of turfgrass species. The purpose of such observation is the development of ideas on the relationship of care practices to the purposes and benefits of turfgrass. In contrast, the actual practice of turfgrass management is a category of business, and is represented by multiple categories under Business: Industries as well as Home: Gardens: Lawns and Business: Organizations: Trade Associations: Agriculture: Turfgrass.

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- Uses photographs to help identify weeds of turfgrass in Midwestern USA. From the University of Illinois Turfgrass Program.
- Description of hydromulching and hydroseeding as a turf establishment process.
- Texas A and M University combined horticulture information resources including teaching, extension, and research. Search the site with the PLANTanswer Machine.
- Water quality and turf nutrition, improved cultivars of turfgrass, and pest management (weeds, insects, diseases, nematodes) have been the main emphases since this urban Center opened in 1961. Located in the Town of Davie.
- Contains information on basic turf culture for homelawns, golf courses, and sports fields.
- Research, teaching, and extension on turfgrass management at UIUC (U of I Urbana Champaign) including turf research reports, courses taught, and faculty summaries. Also hosts the Illinois Turfgrass Foundation.
- Weather data and pest management forecasts for turf managers involved in the highest value production systems, golf turf and sod farm operations in Illinois and northern Indiana. Sponsored by the Chicago District Golf Association.
- Links to turfgrass management, home lawn care, cultivars, diseases, pests, and weeds.
- Content limited to turfgrass weed management and identification. Links to herbicide manufacturers and to other university turf sites.
- Turfgrass, urban entomology, aquatic plant management and environmental horticulture. Urban center addresses special problems of soil, water, pest management, and new varieties. Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, IFAS (Institute of Food and
- Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory, West Lafayette, Indiana. Canada geese, moles, fairy rings, crab grass, creeping Charlie, in zoysiagrass, overseeded grass.
- Ohio State University Yard and Garden Fact Sheets. Lawns, weed control, insects, landscape and turf image library.
- Education and workshops, management tips, turf publications, diagnostic services, and links to other useful turfgrass sites.
- Insects, weeds, diseases, environmental issues, jobs, pesticides. Frames pages from other sites maintained by Guelph Turfgrass Institute, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
- Turfgrass research site for turf professionals and homeowners. Information on and links to, all aspects of turfgrass management and production.
- Exhaustive search engine covering academic web sites on horticulture and gardening, including turfgrasses, perennial and annual herbaceous plants, and woody plants. Plant problems can be solved by amateurs and professionals.
- NTEP national test results of cultivars (varieties) of Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, creeping bentgrass, bermudagrass, buffalograss, St. Augustinegrass, and zoysiagrass.
- North Carolina State University fact sheets on turf variety selection, diseases, insects, weeds, soils, and water. Covers lawns, golf courses, and athletic fields.
- Warm-season turfgrass knowledge base, including bermudagrass for golf courses, St. Augustine grass for home lawns, zoysia, and bahia.
- University courses, Turf Tips, publications, and other information on biological control, managing lawns, and turf events.

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