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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Kopp, Kelly L.;
Guillard, Karl |
Author Affiliation: | Kopp: Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah; Guillard: Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut |
Title: | Clipping management and nitrogen fertilization of turfgrass: Growth, nitrogen utilization, and quality |
Section: | Turfgrass science Other records with the "Turfgrass science" Section
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Source: | Crop Science. Vol. 42, No. 4, July/August 2002, p. 1225-1231. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Crop Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Nitrogen efficiency; Clippings; Clipping return; Growth; Quality; Nitrogen; Nitrogen use; Lawn turf; Application rates; Dry weight; Nitrogen uptake; Nitrogen recovery; Nitrogen fertilization; Fertilization rates
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Abstract/Contents: | "The effect of returning grass clippings on turfgrass growth and quality has not been thoroughly examined. The objective of this research was to determine the effects of returning grass clippings in combination with varying N rates on growth, N utilization, and quality of turfgrass managed as a residential lawn. Two field experiments using a cool-season turfgrass mixture were arranged as a 2 x 4 factorial in a randomized complete block design with three replicates. Treatments included two clipping management practices (returned or removed) and four N rates (equivalent to 0, 98, 196, and 392 kg N ha-1). Soils at the two sites were a Paxton fine sandy loam (coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts) and a variant of a Hinckley gravelly sandy loam (sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents). Returning clippings was found to increase clipping dry matter yields (DMYs) from 30 to 72%, total N uptake (NUP) from 48 to 60%, N recovery by 62%, and N use efficiency (NUE) from 52 to 71%. Returning grass clippings did not decrease turfgrass quality, and improved it in some plots. We found that N fertilization rates could be reduced 50% or more without decreasing turfgrass quality when clippings were returned. Overall, returning grass clippings was found to improve growth and quality of turfgrass while reducing N fertilization needs." |
Language: | English |
References: | 22 |
See Also: | See also interpretive summary "To return, or not to return, that is the question" Golf Course Management, 83(8) August 2015, p. 94, R=264495. R=264495 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Kopp, K. L., and K. Guillard. 2002. Clipping management and nitrogen fertilization of turfgrass: Growth, nitrogen utilization, and quality. Crop Sci. 42(4):p. 1225-1231. |
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