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| Author(s): | Minner, D. D.;
Valverde, F. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa |
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| Title: | The effect of traffic intensity and periodicity on Poa pratensis L. performance |
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| Section: | Establishment & maintenance
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| Meeting Info.: | Llandudno, Wales, UK: July 10-15 2005 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 10, No. Part 1, 2005, p. 387-392. |
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| Publishing Information: | Aberystywth, Ceredigion, UK: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 6 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Traffic; Poa pratensis; Traffic simulation; Performance; Traffic simulators; Periodicity; Turfgrass quality; Percent living ground cover; Traffic damage; Surface hardness; Traction
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| Cultivar Names: | Midnight |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Several traffic simulators have been developed to study turfgrass performance but the actual scheduling of traffic application is left to the discretion of the researcher. This study was conducted to determine if traffic simulation schedule influences turfgrass performance. The objective was to evaluate the influence of traffic intensity and periodicity on Poa pratensis L. (Kentucky bluegrass). The study was conducted on a 5-yr old stand of 'Midnight' Kentucky bluegrass at the Horticulture Research Station in Ames, IA. Treatments consisted of 3 levels of simulated traffic (T) intensity (6, 12, and 18 passes wk-1) and two levels of periodicity, concentrated and dispersed. Traffic was applied with a Georgia-soil Compaction Wear (GA-SCW) cleated traffic simulator in the autumn of 2001 and 2002. Treatment plot size was 0.61m by 3.65m. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with three replications and a 3 by 2 factorial arrangement of traffic intensity and periodicity, respectively. Turfgrass quality and cover, surface hardness, and traction were measured. As traffic intensity increased Poa pratensis cover and quality decreased, surface hardness increased, and traction was unchanged. At the end of autumn traffic turfgrass cover was 97%, 70%, and 19% for traffic intensity levels of 6, 12, and 18 passes wk-1. The T6 level of traffic only showed a decline in turf quality while T12 and T18 levels reduced turfgrass cover. The influence of periodicity on turfgrass cover and quality was not clear until the end of the traffic treatment, when concentrated traffic showed less turfgrass injury than dispersed traffic, especially at the T12 and T18 levels. Dispersed traffic stress causes more long-term, severe injury than the same amount of concentrated traffic stress. Researchers should carefully consider the traffic schedule when designing treatments that occur during the traffic treatment period." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 19 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Minner, D. D., and F. J. Valverde. 2005. The effect of traffic intensity and periodicity on Poa pratensis L. performance. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 10(Part 1):p. 387-392. |
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