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| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/ervin-nichols-organic-9-24-10.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Ervin, Erik;
Nichols, Adam |
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| Author Affiliation: | Ervin: Associate Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nichols: M.S. Student, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA |
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| Title: | Organic matter dilution programs for sand-based putting greens in Virginia |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 48, No. 16, September 24 2010, p. 1-4. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 4 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Coring; Cultivation program; Heat stress; Image analysis; Methodology; Sand-based golf greens; Organic matter; Percent living ground cover; Porosity; Recommendations; Root zone; Sand topdressings; Thatch; Vertical mowing
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| Abstract/Contents: | Presents a study conducted by the United States Golf Association to "compare various putting green cultivation strategies to determine which organic matter dilution program maintains mat layer organic matter at less than 4% while providing the fewest days of putting quality disruption each year." Details the methods and materials used in the study, stating that "research was conducted on nine-year-old Penn A4 bentgrass practice putting greens at the Independence Golf Club near Richmond, Virginia...To track percent cover or recovery rate, digital images were taken every 7 to 14 days with a light box and analyzed with SigmaScan software." Reports that "all treatments, except verticutting alone, significantly decreased %OM [percent organic matter] in the thatch/mat layer relative to [untreated turf]...[This] data [implies] that verticutting to a depth of 0.75 inches does not remove enough material for adequate organic matter dilution." Concludes that "various coring methods can be mixed and matched with verticutting and consistent sand topdressing to achieve the goal of organic matter dilution and the accompanying benefit of exceptional putting green performance...15 to 20% annual removal should almost always keep you on the safe side." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Partial reprint appears in Virginia Turfgrass Journal, January/February 2012, p. 16-20
Includes sidebar, "Now to apply the research on the course", p. 4
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ervin, E., and A. Nichols. 2010. Organic matter dilution programs for sand-based putting greens in Virginia. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 48(16):p. 1-4. |
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