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Web URL(s):https://web.archive.org/web/20170224001525/http://www.turfgrasssod.org/files/file/ca68e745-175f-4497-8b64-a88ba3271292
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Professional
Author(s):Novak, Jim
Author Affiliation:Manager, Public Relations, Turfgrass Producers International
Title:Flawed turfgrass research report gets mass media attention... Now what?
Section:Turfgrass professional: News: TPI challenges flawed turfgrass/carbon research study
Source:Turfgrass Producers International Website. February 19 2010, p. 1-3.
Publishing Information:[Rolling Meadows, IL]: Turfgrass Producers International
# of Pages:3
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gases; Institutions; Lawn maintenance; Media relations; Methodology
Abstract/Contents:Discusses the ability of a flawed research report to cause international confusion, stating that a 2010 study suggested that "the carbon-storing benefits of lawns were counteracted by fuel consumption...Greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer production, mowing, leaf blowing and other lawn management practices were four times greater than the amount of carbon stored by grass in parks and lawns." Notes that the University of California, Irvine, study "was supported by the Kearney Foundation of Soil Science and the United States Department of Agriculture." Emphasizes that the conclusion reached by the study was "fundamentally the opposite of previous research findings regarding carbon sequestration in turfgrass and the amount of carbon resulting from the care and maintenance of turfgrass."
Language:English
References:0
See Also:Other items relating to: Carbon sequestration of turf
Note:Partial reprint appears in Kentucky Turfgrass Council: The State of Grass, January/February 2010, p. 7-8
Reprint appears in MTC Turf News, 2nd Quarter 2010, p. 8
Reprint appears in Center for Grassland Studies [Newsletter], 16(1) Winter/Spring 2010, p. 4-5
Reprint appears in The Turf Line News, 216 February/March 2010, p. 20-21
Reprint appears in The Pallet: Newsletter of Turfgrass Producers of Texas, March 2010, p. 16, 26
Reprint appears in Grounds Management Forum, 34(3) May/June 2010, p. 8-9
Partial reprint appears in Turfgrass Producers International E-Newsletter, 3(3) March 2012, p. 1-2
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Novak, J. 2010. Flawed turfgrass research report gets mass media attention... Now what?. [Online] Available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224001525/http://www.turfgrasssod.org/files/file/ca68e745-175f-4497-8b64-a88ba3271292 (verified 05/17/2018 ). [Rolling Meadows, IL]: Turfgrass Producers International.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20170224001525/http://www.turfgrasssod.org/files/file/ca68e745-175f-4497-8b64-a88ba3271292
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http://pgms.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ForumMayJune10.pdf#page=8
    Last checked: 05/17/2018
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    Notes: Item is within a single large file; Grounds Management Forum reprint
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