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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Murphy, J. W.;
Field, T. R. O.;
Hickey, M. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | New Zealand Pastoral Agric. Res. Institute |
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| Title: | Age development in sand-based turf |
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| Meeting Info.: | 7th International Turfgrass Society Research Conference, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 18-24 July, 1993 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 7, 1993, p. 464-468. |
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| Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: INTERTEC Publishing Corp. |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil mixtures; Sports turf construction; Physical properties of soil; Growth stages; Sand particle size; Sand; Organic matter
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Sand-based turf constructions are designed to meet physical requirements for plant growth and drainage requirements for playablity. Turf plants gradually modify these physical characteristics. We define three stages of maturation based on changes in water:air relationships in the media. The stages vary in length according to sand grade. Initially, design requirements are met better by medium than fine sands. During the second stage, sand media increasingly depart from acceptable performance standards. Coarse sands lost macroporosity faster than the fine sands but both types retained better aeration than most soil systems. After about twenty years the macroporosity of both sand types was little different than that found in compacted soil media. This paper outlines the dynamics of these processes and discusses the relationship of sand media deterioration to organic matter accumulation." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 9 |
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| Note: | "Chapter 64"
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Murphy, J. W., T. R. O. Field, and M. J. Hickey. 1993. Age development in sand-based turf. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 7:p. 464-468. |
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