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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Maddox, Victor L.;
Krans, Jeffrey V.;
Sullivan, M. J. |
Author Affiliation: | Maddox and Krans: Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Box 9555 and Sullivan: Department of Biological Sciences, Box GY, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA |
Title: | Survey of algal and cyanobacterial species on golf putting greens in Mississippi, USA |
Section: | Turf management: Contributed papers Other records with the "Turf management: Contributed papers" Section
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Meeting Info.: | Sydney, Australia: 1997 |
Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 8, No. Part 1, 1997, p. 495-505. |
Publishing Information: | Blacksburg, VA: International Turfgrass Society |
# of Pages: | 11 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Algae; Cyanobacteria; Golf greens; Botanical surveys; Cynodon dactylon; Cynodon transvaalensis; Irrigation water; Seasonal variation
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Abstract/Contents: | "Turf and putting quality of greens can be adversely affected by the colonisation of algae and cyanobacteria. The persistence of these colonies may be related to a number of factors including the composition of species, relative abundance of specific species, and/or the inoculum source of species. This study surveyed algal and cyanobacterial populations inhabiting twelve 'Tifgreen' (Cyndon dactylon (L.) Pers. x C. transvaalensis Burtt-Davy) putting greens in east-central Mississippi and their irrigation water. Soil and water samples were examined with light microscopy to identify and count algal and cyanobacterial species. Over a twelve-month period, forty two species of algae or cyanobacteria were found on greens. Two algal [Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehr.) Grun., and Navicula mutica Kutz.] and one cyanobacterial (Oscillatoria sp.1) species dominated in these colonies. Using Czekanowski Quantitative Index (CZ)(CZ = 1 or complete similarity and CZ = 0 or no similarity), there was moderate similarity (CZ = 0.526) in algal and cyanobacterial populations among greens and no similarity between greens and irrigation water (CZ = 0.023). Algal abundance was highest during the winter, whereas cyanobacteria showed no prominent seasonal trend. The wide diversity of algae and cyanobacteria (42 species) species on greens and the persistence of three dominant species (2 algal and 1 cyanobacterial) may be associated with chronic colonisation. Although irrigation water was not an inoculum source of the algae and cyanobacteria species, irrigation water management remains a critical factor in controlling algal and cyanobacterial populations." |
Language: | English |
References: | 22 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Maddox, V. L., J. V. Krans, and M. J. Sullivan. 1997. Survey of algal and cyanobacterial species on golf putting greens in Mississippi, USA. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8(Part 1):p. 495-505. |
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