TURF MANAGEMENT AND GREEN ROOFS

The course provides concepts and knowledge concerning the sustainable management of the agro-ecosystems; botanical characteristics, environmental adaptation and needs of the main species used in the production of technical grassing (utility turf) and turf; theoretical and practical aspects for the realization of grassing techniques in the context of agro-ecosystems (orchards, vineyards etc.) and locations heavily tampered by man (quarries, landfills etc.); principles of turfgrass (sport turf, utility turf, home lawn) management; basic growth and development of turfgrass plant and its component parts; turfgrass identification, selection & use; climatic adaptation; establishment practices; nutrition & fertility management; cultural practices. The course also addresses environmental and agronomic aspects regarding the construction of extensive and intensive green roofs

1. Natural ecosystem and agroecosystem: structural and functional components.

2. Technical grasses: phytoremediation (restoration of contamined sites); cover crop; living vegetation for bioengineering; greensward: establishment and management.

3. Turfgrass (sport turf, utility turf, lawn turf): growth, identification and regional adaptation of coolseason and warm-season species.

4. Principles of turfgrass establishment and management.

5. Green Roof: objectives, standards, criteria and species.

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