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| Web URL(s): | https://stri.lib.msu.edu/itb/articles/240-34.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Dest, William M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Connecticut, Mansfield, Connecticut |
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| Title: | [Organic lawn and sports turf care] |
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| Column Name: | Letter from America
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Bulletin. Vol. 240, April 2008, p. 34. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Pesticide usage legislation; Organic culture; Microbial activity; Inoculation; Sports turf maintenance; Sustainable land management
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses organic lawn care in the United States. Mentions that "Connecticut States Legislature...placed a ban on using lawn pesticides around public elementary and middle schools including sports fields adjacent to the schools. This ban is to go into effect at...high school grounds in 2009." Suggests that "the organic lawn care approach which is much more than applying compost or organic lawn fertilizers but includes monitoring the microbial populations and using microbial inoculants with the idea of promoting plant health." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Dest, W. M. 2008. [Organic lawn and sports turf care]. Int. Turfgrass Bull. 240:p. 34. |
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