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Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/aj/pdfs/72/2/AJ0720020361 Last checked: 12/08/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Spomer, L. Art |
Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor, Plant Physiology, Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois, and The Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, Illinois |
Title: | Prediction and control of porosity and water retention in sand-soil mixtures for drained turf sites |
Source: | Agronomy Journal. Vol. 72, No. 2, March/April 1980, p. 361-362. |
Publishing Information: | Washington: American Society of Agronomy |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green soils; Soil amendments; Porosity; Soil water retention; Models; Soil mixtures
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Abstract/Contents: | "Sand-soil mixtures are commonly used in drained turf sites such as golf greens and athletic fields to ensure proper water retention. The objective of this study was to develop a physical model useful in developing mixture recommendations based on a few simple laboratory measurements on the components and which eliminates extensive field testing. A simple physical model which predicts the total porosity, water retention porosity, and aeration porosity of bidisperse sand-soil mixtures from the bulk or mixing volumes of each fraction and their individual total porosities was developed and laboratory tested. The porosities of each of a series of compacted sand-soil mixtures were measured and compared to those predicted by the model. Actual porosities were within 3% of predicted values. This model apparently accurately predicts the porosity and water retention of sand-soil mixtures and should prove useful in developing recommendations for using such mixtures on golf greens." |
Language: | English |
References: | 8 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: SOILMX |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Spomer, L. A. 1980. Prediction and control of porosity and water retention in sand-soil mixtures for drained turf sites. Agron. J. 72(2):p. 361-362. |
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