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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Baker, S. W. |
Author Affiliation: | The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1AU |
Title: | The effects of shade and changes in microclimate on the quality of turf at professional football clubs. I. Questionnaire survey |
Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 71, June 1995, p. 66-74. |
Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
# of Pages: | 9 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Questionnaire surveys; Shade; Air movement; Perceptions; Microclimate; Soccer fields; Turfgrass quality; Visual evaluation
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Abstract/Contents: | "For reasons of ground safety and spectator comfort there has been a considerable increase in the number of large stands surrounding pitches at professional clubs in the United Kingdom. This has increased the amount of shade on pitches and is also responsible for other changes in microclimate e.g. air movement and relative humidity. In England the amount of shade on the pitch at midday in December/early January ranged from 63% of the pitch area for Premier League clubs to 41% for professional clubs in lower divisions. For Scottish Premier League Clubs the corresponding figure was 71%, presumably reflecting their more northerly latitude. On the basis of a questionnaire survey, staff from 35% of the clubs considered shade to be a major problem affecting the quality of the pitch and 48% considered it a moderate problem. The main problems associated with heavily shaded parts of the pitch were slow clearance of frost, poor growth, loss of grass cover and kicking out of the surfacce. A smaller number of clubs also suggested that invasion of Poa annua and shallow rooting were considerably worse in shaded areas." |
Language: | English |
References: | 8 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: MOVEAIR
Other items relating to: SHADEC |
Note: | Graphs Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Baker, S. W. 1995. The effects of shade and changes in microclimate on the quality of turf at professional football clubs. I. Questionnaire survey. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 71:p. 66-74. |
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