2010-2011 Professional Guide for IPM in Turf for Massachusetts

The 2010-2011 Professional Guide for IPM in Turf for Massachusetts is intended for use by professionals as a tool in the management of all types of turf: from lawns, to fine playing surfaces, to utility areas. The principles presented are adaptable to a wide range of management schemes: from organic, to low-maintenance, to high-intensity maintenance for premier turf sites.

The freshly revised and re-designed 2010-2011 edition features the latest techniques critical to environmentally sensitive, integrated turf management with an emphasis on natural resource protection. The guide contains research-based recommendations for turfgrass selection, as well as comprehensive pest management guidelines and pesticide regulation compliance information.  Alternative and cultural pest control options are highlighted, and pesticide selection advice is based on least environmental impact. 

Initially developed in 1991, this revision for 2010-2011 marks the 9th edition of this popular publication. Here are just some of the updated, distinctive pieces of information you will find in UMass Extension’s 2010-2011 Professional Guide:

• latest recommended turfgrass cultivars for MA, based on NTEP data
• updated water management & conservation guidelines
• cultural management approaches for turf diseases
• revised fungicide listing w/ new resistance management tools
• turf pest damage & cultural practice timing charts
• biological management of turf damaging insects
• efficiency, residual, and environmental hazards of turf insecticides
• monitoring and management of turf weeds
• new detailed herbicide profile listings
• updated MA pesticide regulation compliance information

104 pages, bound. Price: $20.00 (10 or more copies are $16.00 per copy)

Click here to order online from the UMass Extension Bookstore

For ordering questions, contact the UMass Extension Bookstore at 413-545-5537. For content-related questions, contact the UMass Extension Turf Program at 413-545-2965; proguide@umassturf.org

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