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Best Management Practices (BMPs) for lawn and landscape turf

version 1.51
This manual has been prepared by:

  • Mary C. Owen, Extension Turf Specialist
  • Jason D. Lanier, Extension Educator

Select technical content contributed by:

  • Natalia Clifton - Extension Pesticide Specialist
  • M. Bess Dicklow - Extension Plant Pathologist
  • Dr. Scott Ebdon - Turf Agronomist
  • Dr. Geunhwa Jung - Turf Pathologist
  • Jason Lanier - Extension Educator
  • Mary Owen - Extension Turf Specialist
  • Randall Prostak - Extension Weed Specialist
  • Dr. John Spargo - Soil Scientist
  • Dr. Patricia Vittum - Turf Entomologist

and
additional sources as designated in the text.

Project assistance graciously provided by:

  • Steve Anagnos - Lawn Care Pros, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
  • Taryn LaScola - Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Boston, MA
  • Don McMahon - John Deere Landscapes, South Dennis, MA
  • Carl Quist - Town of Longmeadow, MA
  • Ted Wales - Hartney Greymont, Needham, MA
  • Laurie Cadorette, UMass Extension 

This project was originally part of a legislatively funded initiative undertaken by the University of Massachusetts Extension Turf Program in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources and the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation.