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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Ruemmele, Bridget;
Jackson, Noel |
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| Author Affiliation: | University of Rhode Island |
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| Title: | What's the "dirt" on washed sod? |
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| Source: | Turf Notes. Vol. 4, No. 6, September/October 1994, p. 1-2. |
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| Publishing Information: | Worchester, MA: New England Cooperative Extension Systems |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sod; Establishment; Washed sod; Soils; Disease susceptibility; Fungicides; Fungicide application; Evaluations; Root growth; Preventive control
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the use of washed sod for selected sites to reduce or eliminate the interface boundary problems when installing sod on a site with different soil from where sod is harvested. Presents the procedures and results of the experiments to address some concerns about washed sod including the possiblity of increased disease susceptibility during establishment and the need for quick and thorough knitting of the sod with soil. The value of preventative fungicide applications during the establishment of washed sod was assessed. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in The Newsletter [New England], April 1995, p. 4, 6, with variant title "The newest dirt on washed sod" |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ruemmele, B., and N. Jackson. 1994. What's the "dirt" on washed sod?. Turf Notes [N. Eng.]. 4(6):p. 1-2. |
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