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| Author(s): | Baker, S. W.;
Binns, D. J.;
Cook, A.;
Mooney, S. J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Title: | The performance of cricket pitches in relation to soil type and moisture content |
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| Section: | Soil physics
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| Meeting Info.: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada: July 2001 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 9, No. Part 2, 2001, p. 469-478. |
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| Publishing Information: | Oakville, Ontario, Canada: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Cricket pitches; Soil types; Soil moisture; Organic matter; Soil hardness; Ball rebound resilience; Soil water retention
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The effects of seven different soil types were examined for 300 mm deep soil profiles over a gravel base. The clay contents of the soils ranged from 24% to 32% and the initial organic matter contents from 2.5% to 7.8%. The surfaces were prepared by methods used for first-class cricket and, on each of the three monitoring periods, changes in soil properties and playing quality were measured over four days. Soils with higher organic matter contents generally had lower bulk density and higher moisture contents after pitch preparation. Patterns of soil cracking appeared to be related to soil strength and shrinkage rates for some soils, although the results were not consistent for all the materials examined. Organic matter content had a much greater effect on hardness and ball rebound than clay content and indeed the soil containing only 24% clay gave some of the highest readings of ball rebound. Ball rebound and hardness were strongly influenced by soil moisture content following pitch preparation. There were no consistent patterns in terms of ball/surface friction that could be related to possible variations in the capacity of each soil to take spin." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 13 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Baker, S. W., D. J. Binns, A. Cook, and S. J. Mooney. 2001. The performance of cricket pitches in relation to soil type and moisture content. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 9(Part 2):p. 469-478. |
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