Ecological Golf Course Managem

Ecological Golf Course Management is the most comprehensive workever done on ecological turf management. It's a must-have for anygolf course superintendent, sports field manager, or turfprofessional interested in reducing or eliminating chemicalpesticide use.

Ecological Golf Course Management focuses on managing the healthand welfare of all soil organisms from a single-celled bacterium tofully developed turf plants and connects the reader to theimportant and relevant interactions between them. It points outways to exploit natural plant defense systems that have beenlargely ignored and to engage many of the powerful allies that liveabove and below ground.

Ecological Golf Course Management explores in detail the manyaspects of:
* Biological and botanical pest control
* Plant stress management
* Compost production and use
* Natural disease suppressants
* Biological fertility management
* Soil, leaf tissue, and water analysis
* The ecological impact of conventional pesticides and culturalpractices