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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Baker, S. W.;
Isaac, S. P. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire |
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| Title: | The effect of rootzone composition on the performance of winter games pitches I. Sward characteristics |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 63, June 1987, p. 57-66. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lolium perenne; Root zone; Performance; Winter; Athletic fields; Wear; Wear resistance; Poa annua
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Lolium perenne L. turf grown on sixteen different sand and sand-soil rootzone materials was subjected to two seasons of simulated football-type wear and aspects of wear tolerance, species composition and disease susceptibility were investigated. Rootzones based on pure sand or rootzone mixes with sand contents exceeding 90% gave the greatest wear tolerance under intensive wear. The mixing ratio of sand to soil generally had a greater effect on ground cover than sand type. However, on pure sand plots, initial grass establishment was poor when a medium-coarse sand was used and this affected ground cover in the first season of wear. The type of rootzone material also affected species composition, in particular the invasion of Poa annua L. In the second season of wear, P. annua contributed about one-fifth of the total live ground cover on rootzones with high soil contents. On pure sand plots the amount of P. annua never exceeded 2%. A higher incidence of disease was recorded on plots with high sand contents; this is attributed to lower levels of microbial activity and increased stress on the grass with sandier rootzones." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 12 |
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| See Also: | See also Part II, "Playing quality," p. 67-81, R=13142. R=13142 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Baker, S. W., and S. P. Isaac. 1987. The effect of rootzone composition on the performance of winter games pitches I. Sward characteristics. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 63:p. 57-66. |
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