centers, home stores, mass merchandisers with lawn/garden departments, brokers and rewholesale distribution centers, and allied trade suppliers of inputs to the industry. The green industry has historically been a fast-growing segment of the U.S. economy
Education ( State of Connecticut, 1999 ). In 2005, PA05-252 defined “lawn care pesticide” and “integrated pest management.” Lawn care pesticide was defined as “a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled pursuant
activities, absorbing heat, increasing property value, and contributing to the overall health and well-being of residents. One major component of landscapes is turfgrass lawns. However, traditional turfgrass lawns are not without drawbacks. To maintain a lush
Consumer Brochures, The Lawn Institute, 1509 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Suite 190, Marietta, GA 30062-8122
’s official launch of its website, eXtension Gardens, Lawns, and Landscapes occurred in Feb. 2008 as part of the eXtension integrated national launch ( Meisenbach, 2008 ); however, certain aspects of the site, including the AaE application, were already being
Results from a 2004 survey involving a nationwide sample of 2004 U.S. adults, age 18 years and older, indicated that consumers spent $28.9 billion on lawn and landscaping-related services in 2002, and $37.9 billion in 2003, representing a 31% growth
suggested that natural grass would be beneficial, for example, “[I] generally would expect [a] natural lawn to have more contribution to the overall ecosystem” (P46); this sentiment that was echoed by other participants. Individuals did discuss that natural
has also been naturalized in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina ( Hitchcock, 1950 ). Common carpetgrass can be used as an alternative low-maintenance lawn grass because it will persist
-season turfgrass putting green. Fig. 2. Example of Type II fairy ring (dark green, stimulated, and lush-growing turfgrass in a circle or ring) in a cool-season turfgrass tee area. Fig. 3. Example of Type III fairy ring symptoms: mushrooms emerging in a lawn (photo
grown in temperate and humid tropical and subtropical regions ( Guo et al., 2012 ). Its resistances to drought, cold, and salinity have made it popular all over the world for lawn and turf, and for soil conservation ( Guo et al., 2012 , 2014 ). There