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| Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/groot/article/2007jan47.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Varek, Robert |
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| Author Affiliation: | Senior Agronomist, North Central Region, United States Golf Association |
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| Title: | 2006 a season of extremes |
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| Column Name: | Green section
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| Source: | The Grass Roots. Vol. 36, No. 1, January/February 2007, p. 47. |
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| Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association. |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Weather; Temperatures; Environmental stress; Environmental factors; Golf course management; Drought stress; Heat stress; Disease development; Temperature profile; Insect surveys; Golf course maintenance; Climatic change; Budgets
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the 2006 Wisconsin golf season. States that "it should come as no surprise that many superintendents across [Wisconsin] found the 2006 seaons to be unusually challenging." Reports that "extended periods of hot weather and the ever increasing expectations from golfers for ideal playing conditions will test the fortitude of even the most knowledgeable and experienced turf managers." Mentions "heavy rainfall during late November of 2005 [that] rapidly froze into a several inch thick layer of ice that smothered turf across low lying areas of golf courses. Several feet of snow covered ice within a few days and snow provided enough insulation to maintain solid ice cover until mid to late March [2006]." Also discusses an increase in turfgrass pests, stating that "early hot weather will jump start insect pest populations." Mentions control of turf diseases, stating that "many courses exceeded their annual budget for fungicide treatments before September. Unanticipated treatments needed to be made to control hot weather diseases such as Pythium blight, brown patch, and basal rot anthracnose." Concludes that "[superintendents] can only speculate what the impact of warm December weather will have on the quality of turf come spring. Concentrated golf cart traffic across dormant turf will not be pretty. The area around heavily used hole locations will probably be thin and slow to green up. Whether or not the turf fully hardened will likely affect the potential for winter injury...[Superintendents] can only be certain of one thing for the 2007 season...that it will bring new challenges." |
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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):
Varek, R. 2007. 2006 a season of extremes. Grass Roots. 36(1):p. 47. |
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