Managing Turfgrass Pests

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By Thomas L. Watschke and Peter H. Dernoeden and David J. Shetlar

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Managing Turfgrass Pests, Second Edition, authored by leading experts Thomas L. Watschke, Peter H. Dernoeden, and David J. Shetlar, is a comprehensive guide to controlling turfgrass weeds, diseases, and insects. The book emphasises integrated pest management, combining cultural, biological, and chemical methods to reduce pest problems effectively. It encourages understanding the root causes of pest presence and implementing cultural practices that minimise the need for pesticides. This updated edition includes revised pest descriptions, modern control techniques, and over 200 new colour illustrations to support best practices in maintaining healthy, functional turfgrass.
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This book is ideal for turfgrass professionals, landscapers, agronomists, and students specialising in turf management or plant health. It suits readers seeking detailed, practical strategies for sustainable pest control in turfgrass environments.

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Written by three of the top professionals in the turfgrass field, Managing Turfgrass Pests, Second Edition brings together hundreds of solutions and best practices to help you manage turfgrass weeds, diseases, and insects more effectively. Since the publication of the bestselling first edition, advances in pest-resistant turfgrass cultivars and pest control products have led to significant changes in the ways pests are managed. This revised and updated second edition reinforces those management tactics that are still relevant and covers new approaches that have been introduced since the first edition.

The book discusses the concept of integrated pest management, incorporating cultural, biological, and chemical control measures. In particular, the authors emphasise the philosophy of minimising pests through well-defined and well-implemented cultural systems. Rather than simply relying on a pesticide solution for control, they explain how to fine-tune cultural practices to better address the question of why the pest is present in the first place. Once these cultural practices are in place, any pesticide that is still required will be much more effective at controlling the pest.

New in This Edition

Revised and updated descriptions of economically important turfgrass pests
Revised and updated cultural approaches to turfgrass pest management
Revised and updated biological methods of turfgrass pest management
Revised and updated chemical control of turfgrass pests
More than 200 new colour illustrations

Packed with photographs, this full-colour book provides updated information on best practices and control measures for turfgrass pest management. It also explains how to integrate various management strategies to ensure quality and functional turf. Throughout, the authors offer practical recommendations to help you optimise the competitiveness of your turfgrass against the pests that inevitably become part of any ecosystem.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781466555075

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 April 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 279 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1152g

Pages: 520

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David J. Shetlar Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction Peter H. Dernoeden Science & Nature Thomas L. Watschke

About the Author

Dr. Thomas L. Watschke is presently professor emeritus of turfgrass science at the Pennsylvania State University, where he was on the faculty for 35 years. Dr. Watschke has been honored nationally by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the American Sod Producers Association, Division C-5 (ASA, CSSA) Grau Award, and has been accorded fellow status by both the Crop Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. He is recognized throughout the world for his teaching and research accomplishments in weed science, plant growth regulation, and water quality. He has made presentations in France, Australia, Spain, England, Scotland, and Canada and is active in the International Turfgrass Society.

Dr. Peter H. Dernoeden is a professor of turfgrass science in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. Dr. Dernoeden has published more than 100 scientific journal articles and several books, including Creeping Bentgrass Management, Second Edition. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy and the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA). He received the Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award from the Turfgrass Science Division of CSSA. He was also the recipient of The Dean Gordon Cairns Award for Distinguished Creative Work in Agriculture from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland. In 2012, he received the Colonel John Morley Distinguished Service Award from the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America.

Dr. David J. Shetlar is a professor of urban landscape entomology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Shetlar has authored and coauthored numerous trade magazine articles, research journal articles, books and book chapters, and extension factsheets and bulletins. Dr. Shetlar, who goes by the professional nickname of the "BugDoc," produces the popular P.E.S.T. Newsletter in association with the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association. He was one of the recipients of an Annual Leadership Award presented by Lawn and Landscape and Bayer in 2005. He also received the Educator & Public Service Award from the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association in 2010.