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| Author(s): | Aamlid, T. S.;
Andersen, T. E.;
Kvalbein, A.;
Pettersen, T.;
Jensen, A. Dahl |
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| Author Affiliation: | Aamlid, Kvalbein, and Pettersen: Bioforsk - The Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research; Andersen: Høst A/S - Valuable Waste, Grimstad, Norway; Jensen: Forest & Landscape, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Title: | Composted garden waste as organic amendment to the USGA-rootzone and topdressing sand on red fescue (Festuca rubra) greens |
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| Source: | European Journal of Horticultural Science. Vol. 79, No. 3, 2014, p. 87-96. |
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| Publishing Information: | Stuttgart, Germany: Eugen Ulmer KG |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Cultivar profile; Cultural methods; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Golf green maintenance; Nutrient management; Root zone; Topdressing
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| Abstract/Contents: | "In Scandinavia, red fescue (Festuca rubra) requires less pesticides, fertilizers, irrigation water and energy for mowing than other species used on golf greens. USGA golf greens have traditionally been constructed with peat as organic amendment to the sand-based root-zone, but compost could be a sustainable alternative. Our objective was to evalute the effects of using composted garden waste (commercial product 'Green Mix'; GM) in the rootzone or topdressing sand during grow-in and maintenance of a young green aiming for a monoculture of red fescue. A field trial was carried out from Aug. 2011 to Nov. 2012 at Bioforsk Landvik, SE Norway.GM rootzones were compared with peat-amended rootzones and GM topdress with straight sand topdress in a factorial design with four treatment and four blocks. Plots were seeded with 97 % red fescue and 3 % annual bluegrass (Poa annua) to study the competition between the two species. Because of a higher nutrient content, fertilizer inputs during grow-in from August to November 2011 were 50 % lower to the GM rootzones than to the peat-amended rootzones, but this reduced the tiller density by 34 % suggesting that a lower reduction in fertilizer inputs had been more appropriate. In 2012,when all plots received the same amount of fertilizer, GM in the rootzone and/or topdress gave significant improvements in turfgrass general appearance, tiller density, autumn color and resistance to red thread (Laetisaria fuciformis), but annual bluegrass encroachment was worse on GM rootzones than on peat-amended rootzones until July 2012 when it disappeared from all treatments. The percentage of roots colonized by mycorrhiza was slightly but significantly higher for annual bluegrass than for red fescue in spring 2012 and became three times higher on GM rootzones than on peat-amended rootzones during 2012. In conclusion, there are many benefits of using mature and homogeneous compost of garden waste in the rootzones and topdress on red fescue golf greens." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 23 |
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| See Also: | Updated version appears in European Journal of Turfgrass Science, 46(1) 2016, p. 3-10, with variant title " Composted garden waste in rootzone and topdress on sand-based golf greens", R=276569. R=276569 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Aamlid, T. S., T. E. Andersen, A. Kvalbein, T. Pettersen, and A. D. Jensen. 2014. Composted garden waste as organic amendment to the USGA-rootzone and topdressing sand on red fescue (Festuca rubra) greens. European Journal of Horticultural Science. 79(3):p. 87-96. |
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