This proceedings contains 61 papers, dealing with the management of turfgrasses for sports fields, such as golf courses. The genetic diversity, genetic transformation, breeding, quality, salt, cold and drought tolerance, germplasm, conservation, diseases, and pests (including arthropods and weeds)...

Based on observations, measurements and literature on the sport abilities of insects within the three recognized categories of the Olympic Summer Games, athletics, gymnastics and swimming, some sporting marks, recently established by men and women, are compared with those, which specific insects...

Golf courses are among the largest, most ubiquitous highly maintained urban green spaces in the U.S. Although their primary function is recreation, a large portion of golf course land is not actively in use, which presents opportunities to create more ecologically functional areas. Golf courses...

The annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis Kirby, is the most difficult to control insect pest of short-mown golf course turf in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. We conducted a survey among golf course superintendents throughout the weevil's area of impact to better...

Turfgrass culture, a multibillion dollar industry in the United States, poses unique challenges for integrated pest management. Why insect control on lawns, golf courses, and sport fields remains insecticide-driven, and how entomological research and extension can best support nascent initiatives...

Recently the risk of introduction of a chinch bug Blissus leucopterus in Europe, as well as in Russia, has increased. It is caused not only by the expansion of commodity circulation of plant products, but also the possibility of importing the pest with roll lawns so popular with corporate clients...

Treeless mountainous areas at high altitudes have increased in value as wildlife habitat, but they are affected and increasingly threatened by ski-resort developments, in particular by the construction and enlargement of ski-pistes. To assess the extent of this threat, we compared bird diversity...

The annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis Kirby, is a major insect pest of golf course turf in eastern North America. The weevil has been primarily managed with insecticides with applications targeting adults or the first through third instar larvae. It is not understood how effective...

Generalist predators affect pest populations through direct consumption or by non-consumptive effects, whereby predators induce changes in prey behavior which represent a cost to prey. A diverse community of predatory arthropods has been described in turfgrass, contributing to the direct mortality...

Sports field managers must manage insect pests in ways that are non-hazardous to players, bystanders, and the environment. This paper reviews advances in insect management for sport fields in the USA and predicts future trends. Novel chemical insecticides are being developed that are target...