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 Academic
Programs
Certificate
Program
Classes
by Phil Busey
Degree
Requirements
Golf
and Sports Turf
Grass
Biology
Landscape
IPM
Living
Lawn
Turfgrass
Culture
Research
Interests
Weed
Science
Weeds
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Turfgrass
Culture, ORH 3222c (4 credits)
Turf biota
Phil Busey,
turf@ufl.edu 954-577-6337 (office)
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Students should memorize a select group
of organisms that are common in turf environments, with
emphasis on warm climates. Besides being able
to match the common English name with the scientific
Latin name, you must know the general characteristics
of the various organisms, as discussed in class, e.g.,
whether they are beneficial or detrimental, something
about their life cycle and role in the turf environment.
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Warm-season (C4) turfgrasses
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| bahiagrass |
Paspalum notatum |
| bermudagrass |
Cynodon spp. |
| centipedegrass |
Eremochloa ophiurioides |
| St. Augustinegrass |
Stenotaphrum secundatum |
| zoysiagrass |
Zoysia spp. |
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Cool-season (C3) turfgrasses
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| creeping bentgrass |
Agrostis palustris |
| Kentucky bluegrass |
Poa pratensis |
| perennial ryegrass |
Lolium perenne |
| roughstalk bluegrass |
Poa trivialis |
| tall fescue |
Festuca arundinacea |
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Weeds
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| crabgrasses |
Digitaria spp. |
| dollarweed |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
| goosegrass |
Eleusine indica |
| purple nutsedge |
Cyperus rotundus |
| tropical signalgrass |
Urochloa subquadripara |
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Nematodes
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| lance nematode |
Hoplolaimus galeatus |
| mole cricket nematode |
Steinernema carpocapsae |
| ring nematodes |
Criconemella spp. |
| rootknot nematodes |
Meloidogyne spp. |
| sting nematode |
Belonolaimus longicaudatus |
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Arthropods
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| Argentine imported fire ant |
Solenopsis invicta |
| southern chinch bug |
Blissus insularis |
| tawny mole cricket |
Scapteriscus vicinus |
| tropical sod webworm |
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis |
| May and June beetles |
Phyllophaga spp. |
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Microorganisms
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| BT |
Bacillus thuringensis |
| causal agent of brownpatch and other diseases |
Rhizoctonia solani |
| causal agent of gray leaf spot |
Pyricularia grisea |
| causal agent of take-all root rot disease of
St. Augustinegrass and bermudagrass decline |
Gaeumannomyces graminis |
| causal agent of various foliar blights, root
rots, and seedling diseases |
Pythium spp. |
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