Turfgrass Soil Fertility & Chemical Problems

Turfgrass Soil Fertility and Chemical Problems is the best single-source, practical management tool that will help you overcome every fertility management challenge you face! Turfgrass Soil Fertility and Chemical problems will: * Help you pinpoint the effectiveness of fertilizer programs to ensure turfgrass quality, water quality, and environmental integrity * Help you understand a multitude of turfgrass species and cultivars and their complex nutrient responses or requirements * Explains site-specific fertilization, covering issues such as establishment on poor quality soils and the use of low-quality irrigation water * Show you how fertilization is important for environmental, traffic, and stress tolerance, as well as recovery * Show you how to apply the interpretation of soil, tissue, and water-quality test information in the development of fertilization regimes

Part I: Introduction 1. Soil and Soil Related Problems 3 2. Plant Nutrition 13 3. Enhancing Turfgrass Nutrient-Use Efficiency 33 Part II: Soil Chemical Properties and Problems 4. Cation Exchange Capacity 45 5. Soil pH Concepts and Acidity Problems 67 6. Alkaline Soil pH Problems 89 7. Basics of Salt-Affected Soils 103 8. Management of Salt-Affected Sites 131 9. Assessing Chemical/Nutrient Status 159 10. Nitrogen 177 11. Phosphorus 201 12. Potassium 211 13. Calcium, Magnesium, and Sulfur 227 14. Micronutrients and Other Elements 245 15. Biochemical Aspects and Amendments 269 16. Unique Soil Problems (Waterlogged, Pollutants, Organic) 285 Part III: Fertilizers and Fertilization 17. Turfgrass Fertilizers 197 18. Factors in Selecting a Fertilizer 325 19. Developing Fertilizer Programs 339 Appendixes Appendix A: Units of Measure 369 Appendix B: Common Fertilizer Calculations 373 Appendix C: Symbols and Atomic Weights of Selected Elements 379 Appendix D: Symbols and Valences of Selected Cations and Anions 381 Appendix E: Commonly Used Acronyms 383 Appendix F: Sieve Designation 385 Index 387