TURF MANAGEMENT AND GREEN ROOFS
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 2° Year - Curriculum Pianificazione del paesaggioCredit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/02 - Agronomy and field crops
Taught classes: 32 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Detailed Course Content
The course provides concepts and informations concerning agro-ecosystems sustainable management; 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.
- Natural ecosystem and agroecosystem: structural and functional components.
- Technical grasses: phytoremediation (restoration of contamined sitesland); cover crop; living vegetation for bioengineering; greensward: establishment and management.
- Turfgrass (sport turf, utility turf, lawn turf): growth, identification and regional adaptation of cool-season and warm-season species; - principles of turfgrass establishment and management.
- Green Roof: objectives, standards, criteria and species.
Textbook Information
- P. Croce, A. de Luca, M. Falcinelli, F.S. Modestini, F. Veronesi. TAPPETI ERBOSI. Edagricole.
- Paolo Abram, VERDE PENSILE IN ITALIA E IN EUROPA, Il verde editoriale S.r.l., Milano. ISBN 88-86569-24-6W.
- Dietl, J. Lehmann, M. Jorquera. LE GRAMINACEE PRATIVE. PATRON EDITORE, BOLOGNA, 2005.
- David Pycraft. IL PRATO, TAPPETI ERBOSI, PIANTE TAPPEZZANTI, INFESTANTI. ZANICHELLI EDITORE, BOLOGNA, 1989.
- Nick Christians, FUNDAMENTALS OF TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT, 4th Edition. Wiley, 2011.ISBN: 978-0-470-58731-7