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Author(s):Gathercole, William H.
Author Affiliation:Sales Agronomist, Green Valley Fertilizer Ltd., Turfgrass Instructor, Kwantlen University College
Title:Integrated pest management strategies for turfgrass pests
Column Name:The turfgrass world according to W. H. G.
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Source:Turf & Recreation. Vol. 13, No. 7, November/December 2000, p. 48, 50-54.
Publishing Information:Delhi, Ontario: Turf & Recreation Publishing, Inc.
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Golf courses; Integrated Pest Management; Pest control; Endophytes; Preventive control; Thatch control; Fertilization; Mowing; Pest control decision rules; Listronotus maculicollis; Agrotis ipsilon; Ataenius spretulus; Sphenophorus parvulus; Digitaria; Taraxacum officinale; Broadleaf weeds; Rhizotrogus majalis; Fungal diseases; Blissus leucopterus hirtus; Chemical control
Abstract/Contents:Describes Integrated Pest Management steps, including IPM step No. 1: identification of the organism damaging turf." Also describes IPM step No. 2: preventing the organism from damaging turf through "preventative methods used in integrated pest management at the time of turf establishmet,...endophyte-enhanced turfgrasses,...preventive methods used in integrated pest management during turf maintenance,...thatch reduction,...fertilization practices,...[and] mowing practices." Also describes IPM step No. 3: determining the necessity of a direct method of controlling the organism damaging turf. Discusses "examples of factors that will determine the necessity of a direct method of controlling various pests that are damaging to turf." Describes IPM step No. 4: resorting to direct methods of controlling the organism damaging turf. Also describes IPM step No. 5: analyzing and evaluating the situation after having executed a direct intervention on the organism damaging turf.
Language:English
References:0
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gathercole, W. H. 2000. Integrated pest management strategies for turfgrass pests. Turf Recreat. 13(7):p. 48, 50-54.
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