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| Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/ressuml/161.pdf
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| Author(s): | Elliott, Monica;
Skipper, Horace;
Guertal, Beth |
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| Author Affiliation: | Elliott: University of Florida; Skipper: Clemson University; and Guertal: Auburn University |
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| Title: | Bacterial populations and diversity within new USGA putting greens |
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| Section: | Course construction practices
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| Source: | 2000 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary [USGA]. 2000, p. 4. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Full Report URL: | http://turf.lib.msu.edu/rpr/2000/U%20Florida,%20Elliott.PDF
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil biology; Regional variation; Bacteria; Diversity; USGA recommendations; Golf greens; Golf green construction; Root zone mixture; Soil fumigation; Pest density; Rhizosphere; Agrostis stolonifera; Cynodon dactylon; Thatch accumulation; Nitrogen fertilization; Rooting; Clay soils; Population dynamics
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| Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study with the following objectives: "1. Determine bacterial populations associated with putting green rootzone mix materials. 2. Determine bacterial populations of the rootzone mixes before and after fumigation. 3. Compare rhizosphere bacterial populations on two different turfgrasses, bentgrass and bermudagrass. 4. Compare rhizosphere bacterial populations of bentgrass in two different locations, Alabama and South Carolina. 5. Compare rhizosphere bacterial populations of bermudagrass in two different locations, southern Florida and northern Florida. 6. Compare thatch development, rooting and bacterial population of bentgrass in relation to rootzone mix and nitrogen fertilization. 7. Compare soil and rhizosphere bacterial populations of rootzone mixes containing various clay sources. 8. Document rhizosphere bacterial population dynamics on bentgrass and bermudagrass over a four-year period." At the University of Florida, "there was less than two log units difference in bacterial counts, for all bacterial groups enumerated, over all dates from May 1997 through August 2000." At Auburn University, results indicate that "after grow-in, little NO3-N or NH4-N leaches through the rooting profile of the putting greens." Also, at the Charlotte Country Club Golf Course in South Carolina, "percentage of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria based on the KOH method was relatively stable over eight sampling times with approximately 75+% of the bacteria being Gram-negative." This three-year study began in 1998. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1996-06-093 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| USGA Summary Points: | New USGA putting green are not sterile environments with few bacteria present. Twenty-five genera were identified from the bentgrass green. There was some shift among the populations. Most of the rhizophere [rhizosphere] populations were stable over the sampling period (three years). The management practices and other abiotic conditions may have contributed to the shifts in genera or species. There were greater bacteria populations in sand peat mixtures versus sand only and also in areas where a higher nitrogen rate was used. The only populations unaffected by nitrogen rate or greens mix were gram-positive bacteria. The flux of all microbial populations across all samplings was consistent. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Elliott, M., H. Skipper, and B. Guertal. 2000. Bacterial populations and diversity within new USGA putting greens. Turfgrass Environ Res. Summ. p. 4. |
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