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| Web URL(s): | http://www.grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_getting_water_in/
Last checked: 05/26/2006 |
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Schlossberg, Maxim J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Assistant Professor, The Center for Turfgrass Science, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania |
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| Title: | Getting water in |
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| Source: | Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 40, No. 6, June 2005, p. 14-17. |
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| Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Water repellency; Sand-based root zones; Surface drainage; Porosity; Hydrophobic soils; Sand; Wetting agents; Soil testing; Percolation rate; Compaction; Compaction stress; Topdressing; Aerification cores; Root drying; Inorganic amendments; Traffic simulation
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| Abstract/Contents: | Explains that "rapid soil drainage is a highly favorable trait of turfgrass systems [because] a well-drained soil enables activities, such as golf or other athletic events, to rapidly commence following and untimely rainstorm." Discusses factors that contribute to water repellency, including the age of the vegetation and whether the base is sand or soil. Presents an experiment conducted "to determine: 1) the temporal dynamics of water repllency formation in 80:20 (v:v) sand/sphagnum peat moss root zones established with creeping bentgrass [Agrostis stolonifera L. 'Crenshaw']; and 2) how water repellency formation rate is influenced by repeated compressive impact forces applied to the surface of these simulated root zones." Reports that "the greatest cause of water repellency in the upper sand profile of the root zones was time...Root zone maturity, or length of time sands were exposed to the turfgrass sustem, was directly related to increasing soil water repellency." Concludes that "systematic application of wetting agents is likely the most effective and least disruptive short-term treatment of water-repellent sand root zones. Wetting agent efficacy varies by soil chemistry, thatch content, environmental conditions, and repellency severity." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Schlossberg, M. J. 2005. Getting water in. Grounds Maint. 40(6):p. 14-17. |
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