CONTENTS

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 Introduction .3............. ............. ........ .. ..... .. .. 3
 D escrip tion ......4 .. .......... ................ .. ........ .. 4
 B reedin g ..........4.. ....... ................ ......... .............. 4
 Grazing Experiments 5.......... ................. ...-.... 5
 Production and Management 6
 P la n tin g ..... ................................... ..................... 6
 Lime .. ......... ...- ........... .. 7
 F fertilizer .................................................. ............... 7
 New Plantings .. .. .............
 Pasture M maintenance ...................................................... ... .... 8
 Fertilization for Harvest ............................................ ... 9
 Factors Affecting Response to Fertilizer .......... 10
 Pasture Management and Maintenance ..................................... 11
 H ay and Silage .. .. ....... ......................... .............--. 12
 H a y ................. .................................... ...-.. 12
 S ilag e ...... .... .......... ................... ....-- 13
W in terkilling ..... ........ .......- .. . .. .. ............... 14
 Sym ptom s ............................... ... ..... .......... ........ 15
 Distribution ............. .............. ......... 15
 Cause and Control .. ............. .......... ...... ------- 15
 C old .... .. .................................... .. 15
 F fertilizer E effect .. ........... ................................ ... ... 17
 Rainfall ......... ............... 19
 Ground Cover .................................... .... 19
 Grow th Regulators .... -........... .......................... .......-. 20
 Cultivation and Age of Sod ................... ..... .. 20
 Management of Winter-Damaged Pangolagrass .................................... 21
 Central Florida .................. ........... 21
 Everglades ...........-. .......-. ...-..... ----. .... .... 22
Insects and Disease ................- -- ................-- -. 23
 A phids ........ ......... ........... ...-.. 23
 W orm s --..-............................ .. ...- .... ...... 25
 Two-Lined Spittlebug .........................-- ....... ... 25
 Other Insects ......... .............. -....----.... .. ..-..-..- 26
 Insect Control .-.. .... .... ... .........-..--- -- -- .-- .- ... 26
 Grazing ... .. ... ....... 26
 Harvesting ................ ................-. .......--- -- ....- 26
 Insecticides ....... ............. .............- ---... 27
 Stunt D disease ........................... .... ..... ...---- -- .. 27
Summary and Conclusions -.. ...............-- -............. 27
Literature Cited -.~.........-... ....-... -- ...- 29