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ACADEMIC TURF University of Florida Turf Club Activities for students in the University of Florida's Turfgrass Science program located at Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, and Milton. Advanced Turfgrass Management North Carolina State University's CS055 For students needing help on conversions, there is a page devoted to just that. FAIRS Commercial Turfgrass Information on FAIRS, Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System; University of Florida's agricultural site. Has been replaced wtih the EDIS. Guelph Turf Institute Turfgrass Links--slick site, with frames. Mole Crickets page Univ. Florida Entomology and Nematology Department's mole cricket knowledge base. Ohio Factsheet Database This is a very efficient database, but the coverage in warm-season grasses is sporadic. Purdue's Turfgrass Science Program Turf Tips updated every two weeks. Mostly temperate but many good ideas. TurfFiles North Carolina State University's turf pages, slow loading, but snappy when you get in. Turfgrass Science - University of Illinois The most beautiful and well-designed web site. Turfgrass Science Team University of Nebraska's Department of Horticulture; visit the Turf Nebguides. TurfTopics Virginia Tech's Crop and Soil Environmental Science Department's Turfgrass Science page. Tutorial: Hamful effects and emergency reponses Goals are to explain hazard, exposure, toxicity, and how to respond with first aid, etc. Tutorial: Pesticide Labeling What's in a label and what's your legal responsibility? Easy to navigate. University of Florida EDIS Extension Digital Information Source which has replaced FAIRS. Free online publications. For example, click "Search" at the top of the page, enter "turf" and you will find 242 articles. Be careful of misinformation, for example, in the article on Maintaining Athletic Fields the photo of Phyla nodiflora is described as Florida pusley. Univ. Florida Environmental Horticulture Department home page, growing turf section; excellent horticultural information. The turf section is hidden. One of the best features is the list of sod growers. Don't miss Gator Gardening for Kids. Univ. Florida-Fort Lauderdale Growing turf section, other excellent horticultural information, e.g. Tropicline. ASSOCIATIONS: ASGCA The American Society of Golf Course Architects. FTGA Florida Turfgrass Association; many links. GCSAA Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Education Department. IA The Irrigation Association, also the most pleasing website I've ever found, both functional and artistic. NGF National Golf Foundation. NTEP National Turfgrass Evaluation Program. PLCAA Professional Lawn Care Association of America. (This link is frequently down.) STMA Sports Turf Managers Association. TPI Turfgrass Producers International (formerly ASPA, American Sod Producers Association). USGA Green Section Links, information on golf course construction, sanctuary program, green speed, etc. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Integrated BioControl Systems, Inc. Suppliers of the beneficial nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora GrubStake™ is said to control Japanese beetle grubs, masked chafer grubs, May/June beetle grubs, and other white grub species. BOOKS, LIBRARIES, and BIBLIOGRAPHIES: Amazon.com Earth's biggest bookstore, they say. Barnes and Noble World's largest bookseller online, they say. Library of Congress Which library has more than 17,000,000 books, has 60,000+ daytime visitors per hour, and is open for some services 24 hrs per day? Sleeping Bear Press A selection of books primarily for the professional turf manager, including sports field construction, IPM handbook for golf course superintendents, and many others. TGIF, Turfgrass Information Center Maintained by Michigan State University, with support from the USGA and subscribers, this is an online database of 35,000+ articles on turfgrass. Turfgrass Culture students should ask Phil about getting local access through University of Florida-Fort Lauderdale's corporate account. WebLUIS Florida Center for Library Automation, gateways to libraries of the world, including University of Florida. CHEMICALS: ChemFinder CambridgeSoft Corporation worldwide search engine, finds pesticides by name, CAS number, etc. Iowa State Entomology Index A place to go for finding all kinds of links on pesticides, not just insecticides. Pesticide Education Resources University of Nebraska's links and fact sheets, including health and safety. Pesticide Information Resources See the top link, PESTIS, a gopher database of pesticide information, with emphasis on reform, maintained by Pesticide Action Network North America which incidentally is now a member of EcoNet, where you can find more links. US EPA US Environmental Protection Agency; access to education, regulatory information. SIRI Vermont's Safety Information Resources on the Internet. MSDS sites, other environmental & safety sites. COMPUTERS and THE INTERNET: Computer info class ENY 5810, Information Techniques in Research; coping with the information explosion, computers, the internet, and cyberspace, has an excellent Handbook/Workbook Developed by Dr. T. J. Walker, Univ. Florida's Dept. of Entomology and Nematology. See Especially the HOTLIST ICQ ("I seek you") This free download allows you to send files, e-mail, chat, conference, and telephone long-distance, all for free. Only those persons you authorize will be able to contact you, which should keep the spammers at bay. Inter-Links Internet Access Excellent resource locator: people, places, libraries. hotmail Free, web-based e-mail service, even allows for attachments (e.g., gif or jpeg images), access to remote POP3 mail servers, and limited storage. You can get your mail from home, when you are away from home. I hate computers UF Entomology and Nematology award-winning site; the name says it all. The Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources by Ellen Berne, The Winsor School Library. StatMarket monitors a variety of statistics and trends on the internet. Web Side Story monitors some big web sites from around the world, among those registered with HitBox. Understanding and Comparing Web Search Tools Hamline University Libraries, St. Paul, MN. See especially the table in Tips on Popular Search Engines by Karen Campbell. GOLF (besides the
links under ASSOCIATIONS): GolfCircuit News, classifieds, photo gallery, humor. GolfWeb Everything golf: news, instruction, Fantasy Golf coming 1998. Golf Benefits the Environment Web homepage of golf course superintendent Darren Davis. iGolf Over 50 freeware and shareware downloads to help you in the game. golf.com NBC Sports Golf Digest - take the Golf Media virtual tour of the world's greatest golf courses. Nerdworld Media Here's a section just for golf. GRASS BIOLOGY AND BOTANY LINKS: Family Poaceae. Here are several dozen links to images, taxonomy, and germplasm, from the Texas A & M University Bioinformatics Working Group (same as below). Forage information systems. A tremendous resource of grass knowledge from Oregon State University; prepare for some long download times. Grass genera of the world Descriptions by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz from DELTA database at the University of New Orleans. Also available at Kansas State University. These and the next one appear to be mirror sites (though I am providing slightly different links into each). The grass family (Site is frequently down.) Descriptions by L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz from DELTA database at the Cornell University. Also, some stunning photos of grasses, mostly anatomical, and good quotes, e.g.,
Grass varieties of the United States The official list by the United State Department of Agriculture. Know your grasses Range grass information by the Texas Natural Resource Web. Images of Poaceae, Gerald D. Carr, University of Hawaii. Nice images of a few grasses. Site is frequently down. Interactive plant identification, List of programs compiled by M. J. Dallwitz. Internet Directory for Botany Web Page Find botanical gardens, addresses of biologists, images, journals, etc. Missouri Botanical Garden Research International links to botany around the world and W3 Tropicos which provides a nomenclatural database and associated authority files. And if you want to peek just at the grass genera, here's the link. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center US Geological Survey compendia on biological resources of a region. Poaceae: THE GRASS FAMILY Biota of North America Program Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group. Has some synonyms, Texas distributions. Smithsonian Institution, The National Museum of Natural History has tons of stuff, literally, e.g., The Index Nominum Genericorum (ING), a collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) and the Smithsonian Institution, was initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature; you can search with the ING Generic Name Query Form. Also visit Grass Research at the Smithsonian which is mostly a download site to obtain information on grass genera. University of Connecticut Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse Website has plant descriptions, e.g., this description of St. Augustinegrass. (Site is frequently down.) The Tree of Life A distributed internet project. See where your favorite taxa relate. Grasses are covered only to the level of family. (Site currently down or moved). USDA Plant Query Visit the database and make a query. You can see distribution maps. HORTICULTURAL LINKS : Aggie Horticulture Go to Links for horticulture web sites, courtesy of Texas A & M University. AgriGatorUF-IFAS Web Site. Welcome to Gator Country and the Universe of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Florida Plants Online At last count, the graphics on the home page took up 257 Kilobytes, so prepare for a slow load. GreenNet At one time this had everything for the green industry, including a special Golf Course Turf and Irrigation section with current articles by turf scientists. Unfortunately, the site is now restricted to those who register, and besides being an unecessary inconvenience--as if we didn't have enough passwords to remember--it may reduce users' privacy. HortWorld Betrock Information Systems; lists many other sites. Tom MacCubbin Listen to the Orange County, Florida Plant Doctor from your computer, wherever you are in the world. Live Saturday 0700-0900 hrs EST (1100-1300 hrs UT) (Requires Real Player). This link also has a list of radio stations around Florida that cover Tom's "Better Lawns and Gardens" weekly broadcast. TurfNet See especially the Turflinks section; also has a list of events. WebGarden Ohio State's Horticulture in Virtual Perspective, a snappy efficient link to other sites. PRODUCTS: Monsanto This is their products page. If you try to come in from the front entrance, http://monsanto.com be prepared for a very, very long wait. Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) presents Cyberlawn, America's Virtual Landscape; ride the Cybermower and practice earth-friendly yard care tips. At 220 KB this is the slowest loading home page which I've ever found. The 171 KB image map has an ugly stippled background that is very poorly compressible. PestWeb Distributors and product information from several chemical producers (AgrEvo, Dow AgroSciences, FMC, and VW&R and others. SOUTH FLORIDA TURF: Turf-Tec International Diagnostic tools and consultation to maintain healthy turf. SOME OF THE BEST STUFF IS HARD TO CLASSIFY: The Bahiagrass Site Probably the only bahiagrass website in the Universe. Tells the benefits of bahiagrass cultivars, and other warm-season turfgrass species. British Lawnmower Museum It all started with a textile invention of Mr. Budding. (Site was recently down.) Drudge Report Gets you to news from around the World; one of the top 1000 world sites. GardenWeb Lots of questions and answers. TheGerminator This links page has some great turf links, except 30% of them are broken. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence: An American proverb of discontent But don't throw out the baby with the bathwater! The Lawn at the University of Virginia, an interactive tour. Thomas Jefferson's landscape architectural dreams live on. Nationalized Lawn Care Now Turf parody. Equal rights for all! PACE-PTRI Turfgrass Management Information and Research; an independent consulting firm which supports golf course superintendents through sound management practices, e.g., agronomics and pest management. Research and links. South Florida Environmental Reader a newsletter, part of Envirolink. The Weather Channel Design your own weather information page. |
