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| Author(s): | Isaac, S. P.;
Canaway, P. M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire |
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| Title: | The mineral nutrition of Festuca-Agrostis golf greens: A review |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 63, June 1987, p. 9-27. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Minerals; Nutrition; Festuca; Agrostis; Golf greens
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The grasses best suited to the management practices used on British golf greens are considered to be Festuca and Agrostis species. Early trials carried out both in the UK and abroad showed that these species had the best growing characteristics of all the grasses tested to provide the kind of surface required for the game of golf in temperate regions. This review concentrates on the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and lime, and discusses the implications of the use of sand-based rootzones to provide free-draining golf greens. Nitrogen can be shown to be required in relatively large amounts and the acidic nitrogen source, ammonium sulphate, is preferred among the soluble forms of nitrogen. The optimum rate would seem to be around 200-250 kg ha-1 yr-1 N, although this requires further confirmation under simulated playing conditions. Slow-release nitrogen sources have great potential on sand-based greens, but this potential has yet to be fully realised under UK conditions. Phosphorus is required in small quantities by Festuca and Agrostis species and therefore if there is sufficiency in the soil, no further phosphorus applications should be made to established turf. Weed grasses, such as Poa annua L., have high phosphorus needs and therefore phosphorus limitation can be used as a means of controlling weed ingress. Published potassium requirements for Festuca and Agrostis show conflicting recommendations, earlier work suggesting it is less important than phosphorus, but more recent research suggests that it has an important role in tolerance of wear, drought and disease. This may partly reflect the modern tendency to use free-draining sand-based rootzones for golf greens, from which potassium is readily leached. Use of lime on established greens causes sward deterioration, marked particularly by P. annua ingress, and it should therefore be avoided." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 131 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Isaac, S. P., and P. M. Canaway. 1987. The mineral nutrition of Festuca-Agrostis golf greens: A review. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 63:p. 9-27. |
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