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Web URL(s): | http://web.archive.org/web/20120411122506/http://www.eifg.org/sustainability/golf-practices/news/2012/Winterweb.html Last checked: 03/17/2017 |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Slape, Christina |
Title: | Maintaining golf's foundation |
Source: | Sustainable Golf Practices. Winter 2012, p. [1-4]. |
Publishing Information: | [Lawrence, KS], The Environmental Institute for Golf |
# of Pages: | 4 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Breeding; Choice of cultivar; Effluent water; Environmental stewardship; Genetics; Golf facilities; Golf industry; Golfer satisfaction; Irrigation efficiency; Nutrients; Pesticide usage legislation; Public relations; Research; Sustainable land management; Technology; Water conservation; Water quality
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses turfgrass research in the golf industry and it's potential importance for the growth of the game. Explains that golf facilities are attempting to balance economic and environmental goals with player expectations. States that "turfgrass researchers point to many major advances in golf course management over the past few decades, but topping the list are efforts in the areas of water conservation and water quality, precision application of inputs, the fate and transport of pesticides and nutrients, and breeding and genetics." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Slape, C. 2012. Maintaining golf's foundation. Sustainable Golf Practices. p. [1-4]. |
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