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Best Golf Course Management Practices, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0-13-139793-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-139793-4
Published by Prentice Hall
© 2005
Pub. Date: Mar 31, 2004
Format: Paper
Table of Contents
I. BEST TURFGRASSES FOR GOLF COURSES.
1. Turfgrasses.
2. Turfgrass Physiology and Environmental Stress.
II. BEST SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
3. Soil Chemical Properties.
4. Soil Mineral Properties and Drainage.
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 for Golf Courses.
17.Management Practices Affecting Putting Speed.
18. Overseeding.
19. Managing Bentgrass/Poa annua Golf Greens.
20. Managing Bermudagrass Golf Greens.
VII. BEST PEST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PRACTICES.
21. Integrated Pest Management.
22. Turfgrass Diseases.
23. Turfgrass Insects.
24. Turfgrass Nematodes.
25. Turfgrass Weeds.
26. Turfgrass Plant Growth Regulators.
VIII. BEST PESTICIDE AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING PRACTICES.
27. Effective, Safe, and Legal Use of Pesticides.
28. Best Golf Course Environmental Protection Strategies.
29. Sprayer and Spreader Calibration.
30. Budgets and Personnel Management.
Appendix A: Stoke's equation for Calculating the Velocity of Falling Particles and Darcy's Equation for Calculating Hydraulic Conductivity.
Appendix B: Calculating Soil Porosity.
Appendix C: Determining Surface Area.
Appendix D: Calibration Formulas and Metric Conversion Tables.
References and Additional Reading.
Glossary.
Index.
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