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Introduction - Early Years - 1940's - 1950's - 1960's - 1970's - 1980's - Conclusion - Literature Cited

 

Literature Cited

  1. Allen, R. J., Jr., and R. W. Kidder. 1971. Origin and history of Roselawn St. Augustinegrass. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida 30:354-360.
  2. Blackledge, J. 1983. South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association History. The Florida Green 11(4):12,18.
  3. Brewster, R. H. 1965. An economic study of the Florida cut sod industry. M.S. Thesis, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville.
  4. Busey, P. 1986. Morphological identification of St. Augustinegrass cultivars. Crop Sci. 26:28-32.
  5. Busey, P., J. A. Reinert, and R. A. Atilano. 1982. Genetic and environmental determinants of zoysiagrass adaptation in a subtropical region. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 107:79-82.
  6. Carrier, L. 1927. Florida greenkeeping. Natl. Greenkeeper, Oct. 1927. p. 20 and 25.
  7. Daane, A. 1933. Forage crop investigations: State project No. 84. Ann. Rep. Univ. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta., p. 162.
  8. Enlow, C. R. and W. E. Stokes. 1929. Lawns in Florida. Florida Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 209.
  9. Fairchild, D. 1920. Plant Inventory. (Comments on Plant Introductions 42389 and 42678, zoysiagrass; and 46415, centipedegrass). U. S. Dept. of Agr. Agr. Res. Serv. (Formerly, Inventory, Bureau of Plant Industry).
  10. Fairchild, D. 1938. The world was my garden: travels of a plant explorer. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY.
  11. Finlayson, E. H. 1941. Pensacola...a new fine-leafed bahia. South. Seedsman, Dec. issue, 9, 28.
  12. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 1976. Florida turfgrass survey 1974. Crop Livestock Rpt. Serv. Fla. Dept. Agr. Consumer Serv. Tallahassee, FL.
  13. Fosberg, F. R. 1977. Paspalum distichum again. Taxon 26:201-202.
  14. Horn, G. C. 1961. Establishment and maintenance of large turf areas. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Fla. 21:115-119.
  15. Horn, G. C., A. E. Dudeck, and R. W. Toler. 1973. 'Floratam' St. Augustinegrass: A fast growing new variety for ornamental turf resistant to St. Augustine decline and chinch bugs. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir. S-224.
  16. Hume, H. H. 1929. Gardening in the lower South. The Macmillan Company, New York, NY.
  17. Jackson, J. 1987. Florida's green acres. Central Florida Business, March 16-22. p. 21.
  18. Killinger, G. B., G. E. Ritchey, C. B. Blickensderfer, and William Jackson. 1951. Argentine bahia grass. Univ. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir. S-31.
  19. Morton, J. F. 1973. Salt-tolerant silt grass (Paspalum vaginatum Sw.). Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 86:482-490.
  20. Nutter, G. C. and R. J. Allen, Jr. 1960. Floratine St. Augustinegrass: A new variety for ornamental turf. Fla. Agr. Expt. Sta. Cir. S-123.
  21. Ousley, J. E. 1963. Why I went certified. Proc. Florida Turfgrass Association (formerly, Proc. Univ. Fla. Turf-Grass Manage. Conf.) 11:133-135.
  22. Pynchon, N. 1971. New chinch resistant sod in production. Florida Turf 4(1):6, 10.
  23. Reinert, J. A. and A. E. Dudeck. 1974. Southern chinch bug resistance in St. Augustinegrass. J. Econ. Entomol. 67:275-277.
  24. Riordan, T. P., V. D. Meier, J. A. Long, and J. T. Gruis. 1980. Registration of Seville St. Augustinegrass. Crop Sci. 20:824-825.
  25. Sauer, J. D. 1972. Revision of Stenotaphrum (Gramineae:Paniceae) with attention to its historical geography. Brittonia 24:202-222.
  26. Smith, C. N. and R. H. Brewster. 1968. An economic study of the Florida cut sod industry. Econ. Mimeo Rpt. EC 69-3, Dep. of Agr. Econ., Agr. Expt. Sta., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
  27. St. Augustine Historical Society. 1987. And the green grass grew all around. The Florida Gazette No. 2. St. Augustine Hist. Soc., St. Augustine, FL.
  28. White, R. W. 1958. Weed control in lawns and ornamentals. Proc. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Fla. 18:216-218.
  29. White, R. W. 1982. Retrospective: A history of Florida Turf-Grass Association. Proc. Fla. Turf-grass Conf. 30:13-18.

Introduction - Early Years - 1940's - 1950's - 1960's - 1970's - 1980's - Conclusion - Literature Cited

13 November 1997