 American agronomist Dr. James Beard, who was so much an expert on grass that he was referred to among crop scientists as the Pope of turfgrass, noted that the development of home lawns, ironically a connection to the wild, has been intrinsically linked to prosperity and development, as he explained. Basically, turfgrasses were developed by modern civilizations in order to enhance the quality of life of humans. The more technically advanced a civilization, the more widely turfgrasses are used.