{"product_id":"ipm-handbook-for-golf-courses-isbn-9781575040653","title":"IPM Handbook for Golf Courses","description":"Designed for both novice and experienced superintendents, this field-manual will help you understand and implement successful integrated pest management techniques. Each chapter begins with a solid introduction, followed by step-by-step lists to aid in the field application of IPM principles to real world situations. Over 150 photographs--32 in color--along with informative tables and drawings illustrate the key points. Actual examples and success stories are presented by superintendents from across the country to help you plan or improve your IPM program.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e IPM Handbook for Golf Courses by Gail L. Schumann, Patricia J. Vittum, Monica L. Elliott, and Patricia P. Cobb is a volume in the series:\u003cbr\u003e Turfgrass Science and Practice James B. Beard, Editor  Chapter 1. Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Site Assessment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Scouting and Monitoring.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Cultural Control Strategies: Stress Management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Biological Control Strategies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Chemical Control Strategies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Pest Management: Insects.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Pest Management: Diseases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Pest Management: Nematodes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Pest Management: Weeds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. Developing Technologies for Pest Management.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Getting Started.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Regional IPM Portraits.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Sources of Major IPM References and Trade Magazines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Scientific Names of Common Turfgrasses, Insect Pests, Fungal Pathogens, and Weeds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  Dr. Gail L. Schumann is Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She teaches courses in general plant pathology and turfgrass diseases, provides disease diagnostic services, and conducts research on turfgrass diseases.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Patricia J. Vittum is Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She teaches courses in turfgrass entomology, greenhouse entomology, and pesticides in the environment. She is also the pesticide coordinator for pesticide education in Massachusetts and conduct research on turfgrass insects, including biology, biological control strategies, and pesticide application technology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Monica L. Elliott is Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Florida's For Lauderdale Research and Education Center . She conducts research and maintains an active extension program on warm season turfgrasses, diseases, and general management. She has developed and worked with IPM programs since 1980.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dr. Patricia P. Cobb is Professor, Extension Entomologist, at Auburn University, Alabama She has primary extension responsibilities in turf and ornamentals entomology, and has developed and co-taught courses in landscape IPM and landscape entomology. Her research has focused on mapping, monitoring, and management of soil insect pest of turf, and on development of IPM strategies, including application technology.  Designed for both novice and experienced superintendents, this field-manual will help you understand and implement successful integrated pest management techniques. Each chapter begins with a solid introduction, followed by step-by-step lists to aid in the field application of IPM principles to real world situations. Over 150 photographs—32 in color—along with informative tables and drawings illustrate the key points. Actual examples and success stories are presented by superintendents from across the country to help you plan or improve your IPM program.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIPM Handbook for Golf Courses\u003c\/i\u003e by Gail L. Schumann, Patricia J. Vittum, Monica L. Elliott, and Patricia P. Cobb is a volume in the series:\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTurfgrass Science and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e James B. Beard, Editor\u003c\/p\u003e  \"If you need to educate yourself in this [IPM] area, this book is for you—color photos, case studies, testimonials for superintendents, charts and graphs, bullet points, sample of ways to organize and access data about your facility\" —Bob Labbance, \u003ci\u003eTURF\u003c\/i\u003e magazine","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989477998821,"sku":"NP9781575040653","price":110.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781575040653.jpg?v=1761784263","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/ipm-handbook-for-golf-courses-isbn-9781575040653","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}