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| Author(s): | Soldat, Douglas;
Kussow, Wayne R.;
Houlihan, Steven M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Title: | Field assessment of root zone amendment effects on nutrient leaching from golf putting greens |
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| Section: | Conservation/environmental quality
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| Meeting Info.: | Santiago, Chile: July 26-30 2009 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 11, No. Part 1, 2009, p. 91-104. |
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| Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 14 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Leaching; Golf greens; Inorganic amendments; Porous ceramics; Nutrient deficiency; Infiltration rate; Fertilization rates
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Nutrient loss from sand-based golf putting greens is a concern due to frequent fertilizer applications coupled with the sand's low nutrient holding capacity and high water infiltration rates. This study was conducted to determine the effect of several root zone amendments on nutrient leaching under field conditions. A putting green was constructed and amendments incorporated into un-amended sand in a 9:1 (v/v) ratio. Treatments consisted of un-amended sand, and sand amended with phillipsitic zeolite, clinoptilolitic zeolite, porous ceramic, or sphagnum peat. After turfgrass establishment all of the amendments sustained high quality turfgrass. No significant reductions in N leaching were found with the inorganic amendments compared to the peat moss. At the conclusion of the study, N leaching losses ranged from 202 kg ha-1 for the peat-amended putting green to 319 kg N ha-1 for the clinoptilolitic zeolite root zone. None of the amendments significantly altered the quantities of N leached compared to the un-amended sand. Phosphorus leaching ranged from 44-64% of applied P in four of the five mixes. The phillipsitic zeolite treatment had a significantly greater P sorption capacity than the other treatments, and consequently less than 6% of the applied P was lost from that treatment. With the exception of using the phillipsitic zeolite to increase P sorption capacity and reduce P leaching during establishment, no evidence was found that would support the decision to use any of the traditionally more expensive inorganic amendments tested as replacements for sphagnum peat moss in sand-matrix putting greens." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 28 |
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| Note: | Partial Reprint appears in Carolinas Green, November/December 2009, p. 17
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Soldat, D., W. R. Kussow, and S. M. Houlihan. 2009. Field assessment of root zone amendment effects on nutrient leaching from golf putting greens. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 11(Part 1):p. 91-104. |
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