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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
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| Title: | Proactive water use for sports turf management |
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| Source: | Turf & Recreation. Vol. 19, No. 3, April/May 2006, p. 34-35. |
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| Publishing Information: | Delhi, Ontario: Turf & Recreation Publishing, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Athletic fields; Water use; Drought; Water use restrictions; Irrigation; Seeding; Turfgrass quality; Athletic injuries; Water stress
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses sports turf irrigation practices. States that "municipal watering restrictions or bans imposed during periods of summer drought could have a profound impact upons sports turf and could compromise safety among its users." Also states that "athletic turf must be 'functional' in order to provide its users with the proper playability...Functional turf...is that which is practical rather than necessarily eye-pleasing." Emphasizes that "water must be used responsibly." Mentions an "initiative to achieve exceptional landscape water use efficiency through the application of...irrigation technology." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Disasters - Drought |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 2006. Proactive water use for sports turf management. Turf Recreat. 19(3):p. 34-35. |
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