Comprehensive Guide to Lawn Cultivation and Management

Author: Chen Zhiyi (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: The content of this book is summarized as follows: The origin and evolution of lawns are further explored, and guidance is provided for the cultivation and management of "ecological lawns." A summary of the phased work on introduced and domestic germplasm resources since 1985 is added: Classification of natural regions of lawn grasses. The section on China's lawn grass germplasm resources, their research, evaluation, and utilization is removed, replaced by an introduction to common lawn grass species and varieties, aligning with the book's title. Examples of varieties, including those selected from abroad and introduced into China, as well as those bred domestically, are provided. The book also examines and clarifies misnomers such as "small flowered broom grass" and "August grass" through name-real-image verification. A "Common Lawn Grass Seedling Identification Table" is published based on widely cultivated lawn grass populations in China for trial use. Additional content includes "vivipary," "complex (vegetative) types," "photosynthetic diversity and respiration, as well as the interrelationships between various metabolic pathways in lawn grasses," and "shoot branching (suckering)," enriching the narrative on "lawn grass growth and development."