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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/bigga/gki/article/2006dec56.pdf Last checked: 10/17/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Bechelet, Henry |
Author Affiliation: | Turfgrass Agronomist, STRI, North and Eastern England |
Title: | Managing environmental pressure |
Source: | Greenkeeper International. December 2006, p. 56-57. |
Publishing Information: | Colchester Essex UK: JB Offset, Marks Tey |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Environmental stress; Seasonal variation; Golf greens; Control; Supervised control
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the management of environmental pressure, stating that "modern golf demands year-round play and ever-quicker putting surfaces and [the golf industry] has provided [greenskeepers] with an arsenal of super effective machines designed to help...satisfy the situation." States that "stress is more precisely defined as the environmental constraints to growth" while "disturbance is the physical damage occurring within the environment" and competetion is "the battle between plants to survive and possibly assume dominance within the environment." Suggests that "for the finer grasses to flourish [greenskeepers] need to minimise [minimize] disturbance and control beneficial stress to let competetion take hold." States that "in spring [greenskeepers] need to generate recovery growth and allow the early season surface preparations to take place." Recommends trying to keep surfaces quiet in the summer "so that their playing qualities don't quickly grow out and constantly require regular aggressive verticutting treatments to get them back." Suggests overseeding in the autumn and minimizing disturbance in the winter. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Reprint appears in STRI Disturbance Theory: A Collection of Articles, 200x, p. 40-43 Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Bechelet, H. 2006. Managing environmental pressure. Greenkeeper Int. p. 56-57. |
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| MSU catalog number: SB 433 .A1 G62 |
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