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Author(s):Baker, S. W.
Author Affiliation:The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England
Title:The effect of rootzone composition on the performance of relatively mature Agrostis capillaris, Festuca rubra and Poa annua golf green turf
Source:Journal of Turfgrass and Sports Surface Science. Vol. 80, 2004, p. 52-69.
Publishing Information:Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:18
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Golf greens; Root zone; Festuca rubra subsp. commutata; Poa annua; Agrostis tenuis; Root zone mixture; Organic matter; Infiltration rate; Golf green speed; Root depth; Percent living ground cover; Seed mixtures; Sand particle size
Abstract/Contents:"Many trials on sports turf are relatively short-term and do not necessarily produce data that reflect changes in soil and sward characteristics that occur over time. In this study, the quality of golf green turf was assessed for eighteen different rootzones for a period of three to six years after initial sowing. The rootzones consisted of all combinations of two sand types, three amendment materials and three mixing ratios of sand to soil. The trial area was originally sown in June 1995 with a seeds mixture of 40% Festuca rubra ssp. commutata Gaud., 40% F. rubra ssp. litoralis (G.F.W. Meyer) Auquier and 20% Agrostis capillaris L. By July 2001, the species composition had changed to an average of 64% Agrostis, 34% Poa annua L. and only 2% F. rubra. Mixtures containing medium-course sand had about five percentage points more Agrotstis than those with medium sand and proportionately less P. annua. Rootzone mixes containing a sandy loam topsoil amendment had more A. capillaris and less F. rubra than the mixes incorporating organic fensoil or peat. The effects of mixing ratio were not significant over the study period. Mixtures containing the finer of the two sands or having fensoil or topsoil as the amendment materials tended to have better visual appearance in terms of sward density, colour and uniformity. Root depths were generally greater when the coarser sand was used and where peat was used as the amendment. Organic matter content increased considerably over the course of the trial. Surface organic matter content was higher for mixes based on the medium sand and mixes containing fensoil. By the end of the study, mean organic matter content averaged 10.7% at the 0-20 mm depth compared to 2.1% for the 60-80 mm depth. On the last assessment date, water infiltration rates averaged 22 mm h-1 for mixtures containing medium-course sand and 18 mm h-1 for mixes containing medium sand. Infiltration rate tended to decrease as the amount of amendment increased. The softest surfaces were generally associated with peat incorporated at a rate of 30%, whilst the hardest surfaces tended to occur where topsoil had been used for amendment. Generally, ball roll was not affected by sand type or mixing ratio. There were occasionally effects of the amendment material, with the peat-amended plots having significantly greater ball roll distances than rootzones incorporating topsoil on two out of eleven assessment dates."
Language:English
References:18
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Baker, S. W. 2004. The effect of rootzone composition on the performance of relatively mature Agrostis capillaris, Festuca rubra and Poa annua golf green turf. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 80:p. 52-69.
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