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). Although images of mixed bulb/grass lawns or meadows can be found in texts and on the Internet, a comprehensive literature search did not reveal any studies that examined these combinations in an experimental setting. In addition, most of the examples that

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water use by 21% during the COVID-19 crisis because people spent more time at home. Because lawns and gardens provide households with outdoor spaces for sports and leisure activities ( Barnes et al., 2020 ) and help mitigate environmental impacts of

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mailing list of 977 retail stores most likely to sell pesticides for household, lawn, or garden use was generated. The list included general merchandise stores such as Wal-Mart, hardware stores such as Ace Hardware, home improvement centers such as Home

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Voluntary best management practices (BMPs) for Florida's green industries (lawn care, landscape, and pest control industries) have been in place for residential and commercial lawn care for a number of years in Florida. These BMPs were developed in

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distributed throughout the Pacific Rim and has been used since ancient times as an ornamental groundcover, but only three species have been imported and grown in the United States as turfgrass since its introduction; these are japanese lawn grass and

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Lawns are an important part of American culture and are nearly universal throughout the urban landscape. As a result, turfgrass covers more acreage in the United States than any other irrigated crop ( Milesi et al., 2005 ). Over half of U

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Turfgrass is a major part of the urban landscape found on lawns, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, exposition and fairgrounds, and many other places ( Jenkins, 2015 ; Milesi et al., 2005 ; Robbins, 2012 ). The pervasive feature

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their application is not well understood, significant amounts of salt accumulate in adjacent soils covered by lawns and other vegetation ( Bryson and Barker, 2002 ; Viskari and Karenlampi, 2000 ), and large amounts also runoff into water ways via storm

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Turfgrass species traditionally used in residential and commercial lawns in Minnesota, such as kentucky bluegrass ( P. pratensis ) and perennial ryegrass ( L. perenne ), can require significant management inputs to maintain acceptable cover and

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lawns and increase landscape space dedicated to native, natural, and water-conserving landscapes ( Hurd et al., 2006 ). New Mexicans have further indicated that in the face of drought, the action they would be most likely to take to reduce landscape

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