Abstract:Turfgrass evapotranspiration (ET) is an important index for turfgrass irrigation. Since the middle of the 20 th century, more and more studies of turfgrass ET have been conducted because of the shortage of water for irrigating turfgrass. The content of turfgrass ET research mainly include three aspects that related to each other: (i)Turfgrass ET rate measurement and comparison. (ii)Turfgrass ET mechanism study. (iii) Turfgrass water conservation study. There are major differences in the ET rates among most...