Lawn Technology Manual -- Lawn Protection

Author: Xu Bingliang
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Publish Date: 2006-04-27
Features: This book is a professional guide manual on lawn technology, covering topics such as lawn diseases, lawn pests, lawn weeds, non-infectious lawn hazards, and the investigation and specimen collection of lawn pests, weeds, and diseases. It serves as a reference for scientific researchers, educators, and technical personnel involved in lawn grass production, as well as marketing and management professionals. Additionally, it can be used as a reference book for relevant majors in agricultural and forestry universities. The book explains the basic knowledge of identifying, occurring, and controlling common lawn pests, weeds, and diseases. It provides detailed descriptions of the symptoms, pathogen morphology, disease patterns, and control methods for over 40 types (categories) of grass lawn diseases, 30 clover diseases, and ornamental plant diseases; the morphology, life habits, life cycles, and control methods of 60 lawn pests and 22 ornamental plant pests; the identification, biological characteristics, and control methods of 77 weed species. It also introduces basic knowledge of pesticides, types of commonly used lawn pesticides, usage methods, and indoor pesticide detection methods as well as efficacy evaluation methods. The book includes 45 color photographs of lawn disease symptoms, 43 ink line drawings of pathogen morphology; 48 color photographs of pests and their damage, along with 106 ink line drawings of pest morphology; and 36 color photographs of common lawn weeds. It also covers investigation methods for pests, weeds, and diseases, specimen preparation, and experimental techniques. This book is suitable for lawn industry technicians, managers, plant protection workers, urban green space management technicians, students and teachers of relevant majors in agricultural and forestry universities, as well as technical personnel engaged in lawn production, operation, and sales for reference.