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| Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/groot/article/2006may19.pdf Last checked: 03/26/2009 Requires: PDF Reader |
| Publication Type: | Newsletter |
| Author(s): | Kussow, Wayne; Houlihan, Steven |
| Author Affiliation: | Kussow: Emeritus Professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Houlihan: Assistant Superintendent, Merrill Hills Country Club |
| Title: | The new soil test interpretations for Wisconsin golf turf |
| Column Name: | Wisconsin soils report Other records with the "Wisconsin soils report" Column |
| Source: | The Grass Roots. Vol. 35, No. 3, May/June 2006, p. 19-23, 25. |
| Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association. |
| # of Pages: | 6 |
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Phosphorus; Fertilizers; Soil testing; Soil analysis; Sandy soils; Nitrogen; Potassium; Clipping weight; Soil pH; Growth factors; Nutrients |
| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses soil test interpretations on Wisconsin golf turf, stating that "soil test interpretations for turf used by state soil testing labs prior to 1994 were developed in the 1960's." Explains that "very few states, if any, have ever implemented a major research effort directed toward the development of comprehensive soil test interpretations for turfgrass...The process is costly, time consuming, does not generate the refereed publications that junior researchers must have to get promoted, and is faught with difficult decisions that have to be made." Describes how the Wisconsin Fertilizer Research Council was "able to assemble a collection of 614 paired clipping and soil samples...The clippings were analyzed for all the essential nutrients." Mentions that "in Wisconsin, many golf putting greens and some athletic fields have been constructed with calcareous sands and wherever turf has been irrigated for some time with ground water that has filtered through limestone, soil pH values approach and even exceed 7.6 after a few years of watering." Reports that "when [the research team] plotted turfgrass clipping nutrient concentration against soil nutrient content to identify critical soil test values, the result was a literal mess." States that the "approach to this problem was to define critical soil test values at what [the research team] viewed as reasonable and realistic clipping nutrient concentrations." Discusses two approaches taken for determination of crtical soil test values, including a mathematical method and a graphical approach. Also states that "the final step in this study was to develop soil test interpretations." |
| Language: | English |
| References: | 0 |
| Note: | Includes sidebar, "New soil testing service", p. 25 Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-like – may be incomplete): | Kussow, W., and S. Houlihan. 2006. The new soil test interpretations for Wisconsin golf turf. Grass Roots. 35(3):p. 19-23, 25. |
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| Web URL(s) : | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/groot/article/2006may19.pdf Last checked: 03/26/2009 Requires: PDF Reader |
| MSU catalog number: | SB 433 .A1 G58 |
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