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| Author(s): | Ntoulas, N.;
Tsiotsiopoulou, P.;
Nektarios, P. A.;
Papafotiou, M.;
Chronopoulos, I. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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| Title: | Olive mill waste compost evaluation as a soil amendment for turfgrass culture |
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| Section: | Soil and water management
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| Meeting Info.: | Proceedings of the First International Conference on Turfgrass Management and Science for Sports Fields, Athens, Greece, June 2-7, 2003 |
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| Source: | Acta Horticulturae. Vol. 661, November 2004, p. 71-76. |
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| Publishing Information: | The Hague: International Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 6 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Turfgrass establishment; Growth; Waste utilization; Composts; Soil amendments; Turfgrass culture; Sports turf; Festuca arundinacea; Cynodon dactylon; Visual evaluation; Dry weight; Clipping weight; Root weight
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| Cultivar Names: | Plantation; Princess |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The increasing demand for high quality sport turfs with intensive usage in conjunction with the depletion and scarcity of traditional soil amendments such as peat necessitates the investigation and evaluation of new materials that could be utilized as soil amendments. A field study examined the effects of olive mill compost soil amendment (OMC) on turfgrass establishment and growth. The OMC comprised of olive leaves, olive-mill wastewater, olive stone and olive pulp and it was uniformly mixed with a sandy loam soil (S) to the whole depth of the profile (0.25 m) at the following proportions: a) 100% soil (S1) which served as the control, b) S7:OMC1 at a proportion of 87.5:12.5% (v/v), c) S3:OMC1 at a proportion of 75:25% (v/v) and d) S1:OMC1 at a proportion of 50:50% (v/v). Each plot occupied an area of 2 m2 and was seeded either with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea 'Plantation') or with bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon 'Princess') at a rate of 50 and 9 g·m-2, respectively. Measurements included visual quality ratings, dry weight of the clipping yield, and root dry weight. OMC amendment improved visual quality of tall fescue during establishment and increased the dry weight of the clipping yield. In contrast, tall fescue root growth was reduced in S1:OMC1 3 months after seeding. The visual quality and clipping yield of bermudagrass did not exhibit any significant differences among the treatments. Root dry weight was highest in S1 and was reduced proportionally to the OMC amendment applied, presumably due to the increased soil moisture retention during winter and early spring." |
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| ISBN: | 90 6605 306 2 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 10 |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ntoulas, N., P. Tsiotsiopoulou, P. A. Nektarios, M. Papafotiou, and I. Chronopoulos. 2004. Olive mill waste compost evaluation as a soil amendment for turfgrass culture. Acta Horticulturae. 661:p. 71-76. |
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MSU catalog number: SB 13 .A25 no. 661
MSU catalog number: SB 433 .I55 2003 |
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