Title: Manage weed pests.
Course: Turfgrass Management, Advanced (18054-IV) > Section: Managing Natural and Synthetic Turfgrass Areas

Management should include

- identification of weeds
- the life cycle as it affects the application of controls and cultural practices
- preventive weed control
- cultural control
- natural chemical control (e.g., pheromones, hormones)
- mechanical control
- biological control
- management threshold.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is a weed?
- What are the consequences of improper weed identification?
- How does the life cycle of a weed affect management of the turfgrass area?
- What factors determine management of noxious weeds?