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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Raikes, C.;
Lepp, N. W.;
Canaway, P. M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Raikes and Lepp: School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK; and Canaway The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1AU, UK; and Raikes: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Experiment Stations, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, Georgia, 30223-1797, USA |
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| Title: | The effect of different nitrogen application levels on disease incidence on five different soccer pitch constructions |
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| Section: | Turf management: Contributed papers
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| Meeting Info.: | Sydney, Australia: 1997 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 8, No. Part 1, 1997, p. 517-531. |
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| Publishing Information: | Blacksburg, VA: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 15 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Nitrogen; Fertilization rates; Disease susceptibility; Soccer fields; Red thread; Microdochium patch; Sports turf construction; Drainage; Percent living ground cover; Wear; Lolium perenne
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| Abstract/Contents: | "A field trial was established to determine the effect of six rates of nitrogen application, ammonium nitrate, 35% N., (0 - 625 kg/ha/yr) on the incidence of red thread (Laetisaria fuciformis) and Fusarium patch disease (Microdochium nivale) on five different pitch constructions for soccer. These ranged from a basic pipe drainage system to a more advanced suspended water table (sand profile) construction. The trial was assessed for disease from June 1993 to January 1995. The results indicated that L. fuciformis incidence was reduced under increased rates of nitrogen application, whilst the incidence of M. nivale increased. Although the construction effects were less well marked, L. fuciformis was more prevalent on freely draining constructions; conversely M. nivale increased on less well-drained constructions. The trial received artificial football-type wear treatment from October 1994 to March 1995 inclusive to identify a nitrogen rate and construction that not only effectively reduced both diseases but also retained an adequate turf cover during the winter. Prior to wear treatment, the nitrogen rate supporting the highest proportion of perennial rye grass (Lolium perenne), the major constituent of winter sports turf in the UK, was 225 kg/ha; after wear this nitrogen rate also maintained the greatest proportion of L. perenne and the smallest area of bare ground. Prior to wear treatment, the pipe drained and slit drained constructions maintained the highest proportion of L. perenne; in the following March after wear, the slit drained construction had the least bare patches and the greatest grass cover. A fertiliser rate of N = 225 kg/ha and a freely draining construction type such as 'pipe and slit drainage with sand top' appeared to effectively suppress both diseases, whilst maintaining turf quality throughout the winter under artificial-tyoe wear treatment." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 7 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Raikes, C., N. W. Lepp, and P. M. Canaway. 1997. The effect of different nitrogen application levels on disease incidence on five different soccer pitch constructions. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8(Part 1):p. 517-531. |
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