MANAGING LAWNS AND RECREATIONAL TURF
CRSS 2830
FALL 2003

LECTURE TOPIC CHAPTER READING
INTRODUCTIONS  
IMPORTANCE OF TURFGRASSES  1
TURFGRASS GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS  2
WARM SEASON TURFGRASSES 3
COOL SEASON TURFGRASSES 4
ESTABLISHMENT 9
FERTILIZATION  10
MOWING 11
IRRIGATION 12
THATCH/CULTIVATION 18
GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT  20
SPORTS FIELD MANAGEMENT  21
PROFESSIONAL LAWN CARE 21
PESTICIDES  13

INSTRUCTOR:

DR. KEITH J. KARNOK
4115A MILLER PLANT SCIENCES BLDG.
542-0931 (OFFICE)
kkarnok@uga.edu(preferred method)
OFFICE HOURS:  SIGN-UP SHEET ON DOOR. CALL OR E-MAIL FOR APPOINTMENT.

TEXT:  TURFGRASS SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT- ROBERT EMMONS.

GRADING: SINCE THIS COURSE ONLY MEETS 16 TIMES IT IS ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY THAT YOU ATTEND EACH MEETING. ONLY ONE UN-EXCUSED ABSENCE WILL BE ACCEPTED. QUIZZES WILL COMPRISE OF TRUE/FALSE, MULTIPLE CHOICE, MATCHING AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS. THREE TO TEN QUESTIONS MAY BE FROM THE REVIEW SECTIONS OF THE TEXT. NO MAKE-UP EXAMS PERMITTED.