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Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/1930s/1932/3210190.pdf Last checked: 10/2002 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Monteith, John Jr. |
Title: | Soil acidity and lime for bent turf |
Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 12, No. 5, October 1932, p. 190-195. |
Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
# of Pages: | 6 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil acidity; Lime; Agrostis; Fertilizers; Ammonium sulfate; Ammonium phosphates; Golf course maintenance; Soil pH
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Abstract/Contents: | "...the Green Section therefore undertook the task of determining more definitely the influence of soil acidity on the growth of bent. Some of the results of this work are presented in this number of the Bulletin. The experiments indicate in general that bent grasses can tolerate a wider range on the acid than on the alkaline side. They have also shown that with one type of soil, Metropolitan bent grew best when the soil reaction was decidedly acid, pH 4.5, whereas with another type of soil its best growth occurred when the soil was decidely alkaline, pH 8.3. These wide limits indicate the folly of prescribing definite acidity limits for all soils. Although one of the soils used in the experimental work gave the best growth when alkaline, it is probable that most soils used on golf courses give best growth of bent grasses when they are somewhat acid. The experiments showed that the kind of acid in the soil was an important factor. The chemical effect of acids or lime on plant-food materials in the soil also appearsto be an important and at times a determining factor. There are many other interrelated factors that exert important influences on turf production whenever there is a change in soil acidity." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Monteith, J. Jr. 1932. Soil acidity and lime for bent turf. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 12(5):p. 190-195. |
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