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| Publication Type:
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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Author Affiliation: | Forage and Range Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD |
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| Monograph Title: | Turfgrass Science, 1969. |
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| Volume Editors: | Hanson, A. A. and Juska, F. V. |
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| Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy |
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| # of Pages: | 715 |
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| Collation: | 715 pp. |
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| Series: | Agronomy Series No. 14 |
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| Evaluative Review: | Appears in The Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute, vol. 46, 1970, p. 175. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Turfgrasses; Turfgrass industry; Cultural methods
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes 28 chapters, under various authorship. Each has its own TGIF record. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | Chapter refs. |
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| See Also: | see also the 28 chapter records from this work, search as "MCODE=TURFG" in Power Search to isolate these as a set, or: see records related to TURFG |
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| See Also: | See also the 1992 "update", Number 32 in the Agronomy Series, Turfgrass; search MCODE=TUASA, R=25964. R=25964
See also the 2013 "update," Number 56 in the Agronomy Series, Turfgrass: Biology, Use, and Management, MCODE=TBUAM, R=219854. R=219854 |
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| Note: | "In Memoriam - Professor Howard Burton Musser - Pioneer Turfgrass Scientist - Pennsylvania State University - September 9, 1893 - August 12, 1968"
LC Card No. 78-100536
Often called Turfgrass Monograph |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A compilation of 28 chapters that address the basics of turfgrasses and their culture. There are discussions of five major types of cultural systems: athletic fields, putting greens, roadsides, golf fairways, turfed tees and roughs, and sod production. Also included are chapters on turfgrass equipment and on ground covers. It is oriented to United States conditions. A set of references is included at the back of each chapter. It is a must book for collectors of historical turfgrass books." p. 239 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
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Annotation from
Golf Course Design,
by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan: | "One of a series of monographs in the Agronomy series with two chapters specific to golf courses in addition to essays on soil, ecology, insects, weeds and historical uses of turf under varying climatic conditions." p. 118 |
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| Cornish & Hurdzan Ratings: | C2; M3; H2 |
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| Quotable quotes | "Turf is the most widely grown, most talked about, and least appreciated commodity in the United States." p. ix |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
1969. Turfgrass Science. Hanson, A. A. and Juska, F. V. (eds.) 715 pp. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy. |
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