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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ressum/1986/3.pdf?_ga=1.213093076.1383136656.1456948762#zoom=124,0,375 Last checked: 01/20/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Report |
Author(s): | Carrow, Robert N. |
Author Affiliation: | University of Georgia |
Title: | Influence of Soil Moisture Level on Turfgrass Water Use and Growth |
Source: | Annual Turfgrass Research Report [USGA/GCSAA]. December 1986, p. 3. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, New Jersey: United States Golf Association, Golf House |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Full Report URL: | http://turf.lib.msu.edu/rprl/129.pdf Last checked: 9/2001 Requires: Adobe Acrobat Notes: This is the entire full report! |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Drought resistance; Growth rate; Irrigation frequency; Soil moisture; University of Georgia; Water stress
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Abstract/Contents: | "One means of conserving water on turfgrasses is to reduce irrigation frequency; thereby, allowing the turfgrass to undergo a greater degree of drought stress before irrigation. By evaluating turfgrass performance under non-limiting to moderate moisture stress conditions, minimum water use requirements for a given level of turfgrass quality can be formulated. Also, the measurement of physiological and morphological plant responses will provide insight into drought avoidance and tolerance mechanisms for the three warm-season grass species in this study. During 1986, twenty-seven research units were installed under field conditions. Each unit had individually controlled irrigation copability. Moisture sensing probes were installed at three soil depths to monitor water extraction relative to rooting patterns. The three grasses [Tifway bermudagrass, Meyerzoysiagrass, and common centipedegrass] were established with each species irrigated under a range of soil moisture from non-limiting [soil = -0.40 b] to moderate stress [soil = -9.0 b]. Detailed measurements of water use and growth parameters were initiated several times starting in mid-july. However, the TDR unit used to determine soil water content did not function properly and was returned to the manufacturer for upgrading. Intensive data collection is scheduled by 1987 and 1988 growing seasons. All scientific equipment to be provided by the University of Georgia in this joint project has been obtained and a graduate research assistant has been assigned to the project." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also related manuscript, I. Influence of Soil Moisture Level on Turfgrass Water Use and Growth; II. Cultivation Methods on Turfgrass Water Relationships and Growth Under Soil Compaction: [1986 Annual Progress Report], 1986, R=253934. R=253934 |
See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1986-04-026 |
Note: | Entire contents as abstract |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Carrow, R. N. 1986. Influence of Soil Moisture Level on Turfgrass Water Use and Growth. Turfgrass Environ Res. Summ. p. 3. |
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