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| Web URL(s): | http://sportsturfonline.com/2008/03/18/how-turfgrasses-respond-to-mowing/4966/
Last checked: 12/10/2015
Notes: Variant date of March 18, 2008
http://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2008jan8b.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Linde, Doug |
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| Author Affiliation: | Professor, Turf Management, Delaware Valley College |
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| Title: | How turfgrasses respond to mowing |
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| Section: | Field science
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| Source: | SportsTurf. Vol. 24, No. 1, January 2008, p. 8, 10, 12, 14. |
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| Publishing Information: | Chicago, IL: Bev-Al Communications (m2media360) |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Mowing height; Stress response; Energy metabolism; Mowing frequency; Resistance; Mowing tolerance; Plant recovery; Mowing costs; Stress physiology; Maintenance intensity
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| Abstract/Contents: | Focuses on the potential effects of mowing on turf. States that mowing causes "scalping, excessive defoliation, and environmental stresses can slow the replenishment and weaken the plant." Also states that "when a turfgrass plant is subjected to regular to regular mowing, it causes three responses. First, the plant produces more tillers that increase the density of the turf stand...Second, the plant and all its parts get smaller in size. This dwarfing of the plant leads to the third response of lowering the crown closer to the soil surface. Notes that "when mowing closer within that tolerance range, the plant becomes smaller, the rootzone shorter, tillering and density increase, leaf texture gets finer, and carbohydrate production and storage decrease." Concludes by stating that most mowing situations causing additional stress on plants "are related to management issues and can be easily corrected." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in New Zealand Turf Management Journal, 24(1) 2009, p. 17-19
Includes sidebar, "Recommended mowing practices", p. 14
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Linde, D. 2008. How turfgrasses respond to mowing. SportsTurf. 24(1):p. 8, 10, 12, 14. |
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Last checked: 12/10/2015
Notes: Variant date of March 18, 2008
http://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2008jan8b.pdf
Last checked: 12/15/2009
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