Native grasses are increasingly popular and valuable tools for revegetation, erosion control, and wildlife habitat improvement. Many have unique features and benefits that make them advantageous over certain exotic and introduced grasses. In the field of ecological restoration, they are a critical and required component of the target plant community, ecosystem, or natural habitat. A number of n...

Blissus occiduus Barber is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, turf. No-choice studies documented the susceptibility of selected turfgrasses, crops, and weeds to B. occiduus feeding. Highly to moderately susceptible grasses included buffalograss; yellow Setaria glauca (L.) and green foxtail Setaria viridis (L.); Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L.; peren...

introduction: worldwide, more than one-third of irrigated land is salinized, and in many regions, fresh water shortage has resulted in restrictions on the use of potable water for landscape irrigation. on the other hand, rapidly expanding population growth is occurring in many arid regions, where soil and water salinity are problems and there are increased demands on limited fresh water resourc...

Because of public concern about exposing children to pesticides, legislation restricting its use on school playing fields has increased. One way manage weeds without chemical herbicides is overseeding or the practice repetitively seeding with a rapidly germinating turfgrass species. Overseeding for broadleaf weed control was tested eight in Central New York (CNY) three seasons and 40 across nor...

EVERY GREENKEEPER heaves a sigh of relief when he realizes that another summer, with all the worries that with it, has passed. There is always more -or less injury to fine turf on golf ccmrsee during the extreme summer weather atid usually some particular area of the country gets more than its share of turf trouble. This summer has probably set a record for the wide extent of putting green twrf...

Metatarsophalengeal joint injuries of great toe termed as ''turf toe" can occur in many sportive activities. However, it has not been reported before in taekwondoo players. These injuries may result in significant morbidity. Turf toe injuries, which are mainly treated with conservative methods, occasionally require surgery. In this case report, we present a surgically treated turf toe in a taek...

The TURF Framework enables usability analysts evaluate EHRs by analyzing work tasks, users, representations, and functionality. Currently the TURF framework does not have a focus on evaluating clinical workflows across multiple tasks or across individuals . Because clinical workflows are vital to the successful implementation of an EHR, this study will augment the capabilities of the TURF usabi...