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| Author(s): | Bowman, Daniel |
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| Author Affiliation: | North Carolina State University |
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| Title: | Evaluation of new technologies in construction and maintenance of golf course greens |
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| Section: | Course construction practices
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| Source: | 1999 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary [USGA]. 1999, p. 10-11. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Full Report URL: | http://turf.lib.msu.edu/rprl/536.pdf
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses; Golf greens; Golf green construction; Golf green maintenance; Soil water relations; Inorganic amendments; Sand; Soil amendments; Comparisons; Sphagnum peat moss; Porous ceramics; Clinoptilolite; Physical properties of soil; Bulk density; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Air filled porosity; Capillary porosity; Porosity; Soil moisture; Water holding capacity; Soil water retention; Nitrates; Leaching; Ammonia; Intermediate sand layer; Gravel layer; Soil depth; Soil mixtures; Chemical properties of soil; Soil temperature; Aeration; Soil microorganisms; Bacteria; Sand-based root zones; Sand-based golf greens
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| Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study with the following objectives: "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 chemcial properties. 4. Conduct a field study examining turf response to promising soil mixes under natural environmental conditions." The amendments tested were Irish sphagnum peat, Profile, Greenschoice, Isolite and Ecolite. States that "the results indicate that the inorganic amendments did improve soil moisture holding capacity, but much less so than did the peat." Also, none of the amendments reduced nitrate leaching, but Ecolite and Profile were very efficient at retarding ammonium leaching." Results also reveal that "soil water content was reduced by the presence of the gravel layer but was unaffected by gravel size." This five-year study began in 1996. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related manuscript, Evaluation of New Technologies in Construction and Maintenance of Golf Course Greens, 1999, R=215752. R=215752 |
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| See Also: | Other Reports from this USGA research project: 1996-07-094 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bowman, D. 1999. Evaluation of new technologies in construction and maintenance of golf course greens. Turfgrass Environ Res. Summ. p. 10-11. |
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