Fundamentals of Turfgrass Management - Couverture rigide

Christians, Nick E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471454788 ISBN 13 : 9780471454786

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Turfgrass management is the science of maintaining high quality turfgrasses. In this large and growing industry today's managers require a background not only in botany and horticulture but also in business management. This book provides the basic principles of turfgrass managment at a level that is accessible to students but which is also suitable for experienced professionals. Today in the US turfgrass is a $50 billion industry. It covers basic turfgrass science, fertilisation, mowing and turfgrass diseases and also provides practice tools to enable the reader to make practical every day management decisions. This new edition offers expanded information on turfgrass nutrition, nitrogen sources, weeds, insects and disease identification and management. Colour photos of grasses, weeds and turfgrass diseases makes this an easy to use valuable resource for students.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

NICK CHRISTIANS, PhD, is Professor of Horticulture at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. He is the coauthor of The Mathematics of Turfgrass Management and author of Scotts Lawns: Your Guide to a Beautiful Yard, as well as author of more than 730 technical papers, popular articles, book chapters, and abstracts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471454788
• ISBN 13: 9780471454786
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible