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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Horticulture > General
Turfgrass is required to meet a challenging range of aesthetic,
functional and environmental requirements, whilst also adapting to
the threat of abiotic and biotic stresses which are being
accentuated by climate change. The turfgrass industry is also
facing increasing pressure to reduce its environmental impact and
advance more sustainable maintenance practices that utilise and/or
optimise fewer agronomic-related resources. Achieving sustainable
turfgrass management summarises the wealth of recent research that
addresses these challenges, whilst also identifying potential
mitigation strategies to reduce the sector's contribution to
climate change, such as reduced fertilizer use and water
conservation. This collection also highlights developments in
breeding for improved cultivars of turfgrass with enhanced abiotic
and biotic stress responses, as well as climate resilience. In its
extensive exploration of turfgrass physiology, breeding and
cultivation, the book showcases how the turfgrass industry can
adopt more sustainable management practices and reduce its
environmental impact.
Horticultural Reviews presents state--of--the--art reviews on
topics in the horticultural sciences. The emphasis is on applied
topics including the production of fruits, vegetables, nut crops,
and ornamental plants of commercial importance. These articles
perform the valuable function of collecting, comparing, and
contrasting the primary journal literature in order to form an
overview of the topic.
This book is a guide for the maintenance of the helath and well-being of landscape trees. The authors describe general maintenance practices such as planting, pruning, fertilizing, repairing, diagnosing and managing tree problems. This is followed by an extensive section on the diagnosis and control of specific tree pests and diseases.
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