Turfgrasses have become an integral component of society due to their multiple uses,
including erosion control, aesthetics, and recreation, and relative ease and cost. Turfgrasses …

Public attention is being increasingly focused on the environmental impact and
management costs of turfgrass areas such as lawns for schools, parks, and homes. The …

The field of turfgrass science must continue providing research‐based information about
turfgrass water use to the industry and consumers so that the water resources required for …

This chapter characterizes turfgrass ecosystems in terms of interactions with the managed
environment and within the turfgrass communities themselves. It focuses on population …

Turfgrass researchers and practitioners have developed many innovative implements to
quantify turfgrass responses and to evaluate turfgrass species and cultivars for specific …

Wisconsin DNR's new rule regarding invasive species in Wisconsin and outlined some of
the UW-Madison's research efforts in that area. One of the complaints I consistently hear in …

G populated agricultural or natural ecosystems are converted into multifunctional urban and
suburban landscapes, the efects of changes in land use need to be understood to determine …

GAZING IN THE GRASS remnant prairie sites (Kraszewski and Waller, 2008). One important
set of questions, though, has to do with determining how the non-native grasses arrive in …