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| Author(s): | Bechelet, Henry |
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| Author Affiliation: | Turfgrass Agronomist, Eastern Region, Sports Turf Research Institute, United Kingdom |
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| Title: | Competitive edge |
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| Section: | Turf talk
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Bulletin. Vol. 234, October 2006, p. 19-20. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://edepot.wur.nl/197038
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Competitive ability; Adaptation; Agrostis; Festuca; Competition; Density; Overseeding; Stress; Choice of species
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the "natural competitive abilities" of bentgrasses and fescues. Suggests that "a greater dominance of bents and fescues creates better quality putting surfaces for longer and with lower inputs. For the finer grasses to rule the golf green environment, [turf managers] need to make them the fittest species of all...by creating the environmental conditions that opimise [optimize] their innate competitive abilities." Explains that "competition only develops when the wider environment is relatively settled and benign. Too much disturbance and stress either damages or confines the plant to kill their competitive edge. Managing the environment to favour [favor] the finer grasses is all about relieving the confining pressure to give licence to their innate competitive abilities." States that "too much stress for too long will ultimately hold back the forward development of the sward rather than progress it." Concludes that "if [a turf manager cares] about the finer grasses [he] must trust [his] greens naturally evolve towards their better nature. The finer grasses just need consent. Be the catalyst not the competition." |
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(Thanks to DTRF) | "Dit artikel gaat over de belangrijke do's en don't met betrekking tot het snoeien en planten van bomen en plantgoed." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Reprint appears in STRI Disturbance Theory: A Collection of Articles, by Henry Bechelet and Richard Windows, 200x, p. 33-36, R=132421 R=132421 |
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| Note: | Translated reprint appears in Greenkeeper [The Netherlands], 17(5) 2006, p. 24-25, with translated title "De beste concurrentiepositie: Bevoordeling van zwenk- en struisgrassen", Lang: Dutch
Reprint appears in New Zealand Turf Management Journal 22(2) May 2007, p. 10-12
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bechelet, H. 2006. Competitive edge. Int. Turfgrass Bull. 234:p. 19-20. |
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