Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0926487345 ISBN 13: 9780926487345

Publisher: Pocahontas Press, 2008

Authored by turfgrass researchers and managers from Virginia Tech, this book is intended to serve as a user-friendly guide to sports turf management. It features programs and concepts that have been developed based on turfgrass research as well as field experience by qualified sports turf managers.

It is intended to meet the needs of sports turf managers of any level of expertise and experience in the development and maintenance of sports fields that meet public demand and expectations for safe, high quality playing surfaces.

About the Author:

Michael Goatley is an Associate Professor of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, and serves as the Extension Turfgrass Specialist for Virginia Tech.

Shawn Askew is an Associate Professor of Turfgrass Weed Science at Virginia Tech's Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science.

Erik Ervin is an Associate Professor of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences specializing in Turfgrass Physiology and Cultural Management at Virginia Tech.

David McCall serves on the Virginia Sports Turf Manager's Association Board of Directors, the Virginia Turfgrass Foundation Board of Directors, the Virginia Turfgrass Council Program and Education Committee, and the National Sports Turf Managers Association Chapter Relations Committee.

Pete Schultz is a Professor of Entomology and Director at the Virginia Tech Hampton Roads AREC in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Brandon Horvath is an Assistant Professor of Turfgrass Pathology in the Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science.