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Publication Type:
| Professional |
Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
Title: | [Fairways decline during the heat of summer] |
Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 48, No. 3, May/June 2010, p. [38]. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Question: | "Each year, our fairways decline during the heat of summer due to disease and stress problems. We simply do not have the resources to treat often enough with fungicides to keep diseases from greatly impacting playing conditions. Once the summer heat goes away, we spend most of the fall waiting for the fairways to recover. Basically, our fairways are only in good condition for the spring and early summer. What options are available to improve our fairways?" |
Source of Question: | Maryland |
Answer/Response: | "The development of finer-textured fairway bermudagrass cultivars that also have excellent cold tolerance has led to several golf courses converting their fairways to bermudagrass, which requires far less fungicide inputs than its cool-season counterparts. These bermudagrasses provide excellent playability for many months of the growing season and require 50-60% less water than cool-season grasses. The downside of bermudagrass is the brown color during the late fall and winter season when the grass goes dormant. Nonetheless, these grasses provide a great alternative to coolseason grasses in the transition zone, especially when resources are limited." |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Budgets; Cynodon; Fungicides; Golf fairways; Summer
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Abstract/Contents: | Suggests options for improving fairways during the summer and fall seasons, such as converting fairways to bermudagrass. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): USGA Green Section. 2010. [Fairways decline during the heat of summer]. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 48(3):p. [38]. |
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