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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ressum/1998/13.pdf Last checked: 01/20/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Bowman, Daniel |
Author Affiliation: | North Carolina State University |
Title: | Evaluation of new technologies in construction and maintenance of golf course greens |
Section: | Course construction practices Other records with the "Course construction practices" Section
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Source: | 1998 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary [USGA]. 1998, p. 13-14. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Full Report URL: | http://turf.lib.msu.edu/rprl/474.pdf Last checked: 9/2001 Requires: Adobe Acrobat Notes: This is the entire full report! |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf greens; Golf green construction; Golf green maintenance; Aeration; Soil depth; Soil mixtures; Characteristics; Soil moisture; Chemical properties of soil; Physical properties of soil; Sand particle size; Sand; Comparisons; Hydraulic conductivity; Density; Pore size; Available water; Leaching; Nitrogen
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Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study to "1) Survey golf courses throughout North Carolina to determine putting green aeration as a function of depth. 2) Develop and characterize a soil mix providing optimal moisture and aeration throughout the soil profile. 3) Measure the response of turf to the various mixes, and the impact of the turf on soil physical and chemical properties. 4) Conduct a field study examining turf response to promising soil mixes under natural environmental conditions." Fine, medium, and coarse sand, as well as Ecolite, Greenschoice, Isolite, Profile, and sphagnum peat moss were evaluated. Results indicate that "compared to pure sand, amendment addition increased total porosity, macroporosity, and water retained at 20-kPa tension. While, plant available water (water released from 4 kPa to 20 kPa) decreased with amendment addition...evaluations of the inorganic amendmets alone resulted in the observation that indeed these materials have a high degree of internal porosity (>55%) and retain significant water (>20%) even at high tensions...hydraulic conductivity effect was variable between the three sand sizes and related to sand and amendment sizes." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also related manuscript, Evaluation of New Technologies in Construction and Maintenance of Golf Greens: 1998 Summary Report, 1998, R=218514. R=218514 |
See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1996-07-094 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Bowman, D. 1998. Evaluation of new technologies in construction and maintenance of golf course greens. Turfgrass Environ Res. Summ. p. 13-14. |
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| MSU catalog number: SB 433 .A1 A6 |
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