UCR TURF
UC ANR Turfgrass Publications

The following are some of the publications available at the UC Agricultural and Natural Resources (ANR) website.

Updated July 2009

Complete ANR Publications Catalog
(Note: the complete catalog includes numerous articles regarding trees and landscapes)

General Information
•  California Master Gardener Handbook
•  Know Your Turfgrasses
•  Turfgrass Selection for the Home Landscape (FREE)

Turfgrass Management
•  Establishing and Maintaining the Natural Turf Athletic Field
•  Lawns and Dogs (FREE)
•  Managing Lawns on Heavy Soils (FREE)
•  Managing Lawns in Shade (FREE)
•  Managing Turfgrasses During Drought
•  Mowing Your Lawn and Grasscycling (FREE)
•  Practical Lawn Fertilization (FREE)
•  The Sand Putting Green: Construction and Management
•  Turfgrass Sod Production
•  Turfgrass Traffic and Compaction: Problems and Solutions (FREE)

Irrigation and Water Issues
•  Effluent Water for Turfgrass Irrigation
•  Evaluating Turfgrass Sprinkler Irrigation Systems
•  Interpreting Turfgrass Irrigation Water Test Results (FREE)
•  Irrigation Scheduling: A Guide for Efficient On-farm Water Management
•  Lawn Watering Guide For California (FREE)
•  Monitoring Soil Moisture for Irrigation Water Management
•  Scheduling Irrigations: When and How Much
•  Turfgrass Evapotranspiration Map: The Central Coast of California
•  Turfgrass Irrigation Scheduling
•  Turfgrass Water Conservation
•  Water Conservation: The Potential
•  Water Conservation Tips for the Home Lawn and Garden (FREE)

Pest and Disease Management
•  Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants
•  Ants: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Annual Bluegrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Bermudagrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Bermudagrass Seed Production: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines (FREE)
•  Clovers: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Common Knotweed: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Common Purslane: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Crabgrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Creeping Woodsorrel and Bermuda Buttercup: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE) 
•  Dallisgrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE) NEW
•  Dandelions: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Demonstration and Research Uses of Pesticides
• Establishing Integrated Pest Management Policies and Programs: A Guide for Public Agencies (FREE)
•  Healthy Turf: First Line of Defense Against Weeds
•  IPM in Practice: Principles and Methods of Integrated Pest Management
•  Kikuyugrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Landscape Maintenance Pest Control
•  Lawn and Resiential Landscape Pest Control: A Guide for Maintenace Gardeners
•  Lawn Diseases: Prevention and Management: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Lawn Insects: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Nutsedge: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Pesticide Safety: A Reference Manual for Private Applicators
•  Plantains: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Plant Growth Regulators
•  Pocket Gophers: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Red Imported Fire Ant: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Residential, Industrial, and Institutional Pest Control (Second Edition)
•  The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides (Second Edition)
•  Spotted Spurge: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Turfgrass: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
•  Weed Management in Lawns: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape (FREE)
•  Weeds of California and Other Western States NEW
•  Weeds of the West