Laboratory to provide students with hands-on experience with
turfgrass management practices and systems. Species selection,
establishment, irrigation, mowing, fertilization, cultivation, as
well as weed, insect, and disease control.
Athena Title
Turf Management Laboratory
Corequisite
CRSS 3270
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to identify common morphological characteristics of cool- and warm-season turfgrass species.
By the end of the course, students will be able to conduct an irrigation uniformity test and irrigation efficiency evaluation along with trouble shooting for system malfunctions.
By the end of the course, students will be able to physically calibrate a pesticide sprayer and fertility spreader.
By the end of the course, students will be able to conduct a variety of soil sampling procedures and interpret the soil test results.
Topical Outline
1. Introduction
2. Turfgrass anatomy
3. Turfgrass seed
4. Turfgrass establishment
5. Vegetative ID and Taxonomic key usage
6. Warm season turfgrasses
7. Cool season turfgrasses
8. Turfgrass fertility
9. Turfgrass equipment and mowing
10. Cultivation practices
11. Turfgrass root zone construction technology
12. Turfgrass irrigation and hydrology
13. Nutrient fate
14. Hydrophobic soils and wetting agents
15. Turfgrass maintenance operations
16. Non-weed turfgrass pests
17. Integrated pest management
18. Calibration exercise
19. Turfgrass weed control
20. UGA Rhizotron Field trip
21. Athens Country Club field trip
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
