Turfgrass Biology, Genetics, and Breeding contains thorough biological coverage of all major turf species.

Turfgrass Biology, Genetics, and Breeding presents for the first time a comprehensive study of the various types of turfgrasses, their genetic and biological makeup, and the specifics of when, how, where, and why each species was adapted for use.

The only book of its kind specifically addressing turfgrass science, this timesaving reference provides the basic biological explanations behind adaptation, genetics, and breeding of turfgrasses, following the evolution of these grass species up to the most current advances in domesticating them for turf.

Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Origins of the Turfgrasses

2. Cool Season Grasses
   2. Kentucky Bluegrass
   3. Annual Bluegrass
   4. Supina Bluegrass
   5. Texas Bluegrass
   6. Rough Bluegrass
   7. Perennial Ryegrass
   8. Tall Fescue
   9. Fine-Leaved Festuca Species
   10. Creeping Bentgrass
   11. Colonial Bentgrass
   12. Velvet Bentgrass
   13. Three Minor Agrostis Species: Redtop, Highland Bentgrass, and Idaha Bentgrass
   14. Hairgrasses

3. Warm Season Grasses
   15. Bermudagrass
   16. Buffalograss
   17. Zoysiagrasses
   18. Centipedegrass
   19. Seashore Paspalum
   20. St. Augustinegrass
   21. Bahiagrass

Index

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