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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Nitrate leaching from golf courses |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 69, 1993, p. 136. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "With all the controversy over the fate of nitrates from fertiliser applications to farmers fields in East Anglia and the contamination of water courses, we as a golf club are concerned that we may be accused of contributing to this pollution. We would like to be seen as a caring member of the local community so is there any data which defends us against this allegation?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The poisoning of our environment should be a concern to all and golf courses certainly have a major contribution to make in maintaining the quality of our countryside. However, it is important to keep the possible negative influences of golf course management and new developments in perspective. Compared with agriculture there is far less fertiliser employed. Figures produced by ADAS show comparative nitrogen application rates to an area of 50 ha. On a golf course 900-2000 kg N/yr will be applied if including fairways, but this amount falls to 300-500 kg N/yr when fairways are excluded (which is normally the case). Cereal crops are usually supplied with 7500-12500 kg N/yr whilst on 50 ha of grassland for conservation (silage), some 11000-16000 kg N/yr would be applied. These figures show that agricultural management provides a minimum 15 times more nitrogen to cereals and 22 times more nitrogen to silage crops than the amount given to the golf course. In addition, smaller areas are covered with fertiliser on a golf course compared to farmers crops. Fertiliser application on the golf course is mainly restricted to the greens where a dense sward with good root ensures rapid uptake and minimal loss through leaching. Experiments at Bingley show that on an established pure sand construction at an application rate of 20 g/m2/yr N only 0.43 g/m2 N was lost through leaching, at 40 g/m2/yr N, 0.49 g/m2 N was leached out. These figures fall well below the European Community limit for drinking water. We must not be complacent about the role played by golf courses in affecting the environment but it is time that a more positive image for golf courses was promoted, rather than being tarred with the agricultural brush." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Environmental stewardship; Fertilization rates; Golf courses in the environment; Leachates; Nitrate losses; Nitrogen fertilization; Public relations; Recommendations
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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):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1993. Nitrate leaching from golf courses. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 69:p. 136. |
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