
Color Atlas of Turfgrass Weeds
A Guide to Weed Identification and Control Strategies
Wiley (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. February 2008
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-470-18951-1 (ISBN)
Description
Identify and control weeds with this colorful, expanded edition-with bonus CD
For more than a decade, the Color Atlas of Turfgrass Weeds has been the leading authority for green industry professionals in their ongoing quest to control weeds and limit deleterious effects: the weed clumps, color variation, and unsightly patches that disrupt turf uniformity. The Second Edition of this essential resource has been expanded and updated to provide control information that professionals need to maintain the quality that is so vital to the golf, sports field, and managed landscape industries.
This new and expanded edition includes these vital updates:
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50 new weed profiles, plus 400 additional, high-quality, full-color photographs featuring photographs of the weed in habit, the seedhead or flower, and in some cases, what the weed looks like when dormant
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An accompanying CD that features more than 1,000 photographs
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Valuable control strategies and recommendations for every weed
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Each weed alphabetically arranged by family and scientific name
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An alphabetical index that shows all the weeds featured
More details
Product info
GB
Edition
2., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Photos: 0 B&W, 998 Color
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1066 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-18951-1 (9780470189511)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
L.B. McCarty
Color Atlas of Turfgrass Weeds
Book
01/2001
Wiley
€85.00
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Persons
L. B. (Bert) McCarty is a Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. John W. Everest is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agronomy and Soils at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. David W. Hall is a consultant based in Gainesville, Florida. Tim R. Murphy is a Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia in Griffin. Fred Yelverton is a Professor of Crop Science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.
Content
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Grass and Grass-like Plants.
Broadleaf Plants.
Moss.
Appendix.
Glossary of Taxonomic Terminology.
Index to Common and Scientific Plant Names.