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| Author(s): | Threadgold, Phillip |
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| Author Affiliation: | Executive Vice President, Redexim Charterhouse, Inc. |
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| Title: | Aeration's indisputable benefits: This single management practice offers enormous (but not miraculous) potential for improving turfgrass playing fields |
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| Column Name: | Technology
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| Source: | Athletic Turf: Maintenance & Technology. Vol. 3, No. 5, September/October 2000, p. 30-32. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cleveland, OH: Advanstar Communications, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Sports turf maintenance; Aeration; Compaction; Root zone; Pore space; Athletic injuries; Coring; Thatch; Thatch accumulation; Methane gas; Case studies; Race tracks; Football fields; Particle size
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the benefits of turf aeration, including relieving compaction, increased root space, improving irrigation and aeration, and reduced player injury. Mentions that a "mixture of various soil particle sizes is more likely to result in compaction than soil with particles of consistent size." Also lists characteristics of a good sports turf. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Includes sidebars, "Characteristics of a good sports turf", p. 31, and "Compacted fields lead to injuries for athletes", p. 32
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Threadgold, P. 2000. Aeration's indisputable benefits: This single management practice offers enormous (but not miraculous) potential for improving turfgrass playing fields. Athlet. Turf Maint. Technol. 3(5):p. 30-32. |
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