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| Author(s): | Karcher, D. E.;
Rieke, P. E.;
Makk, J. F. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Karcher: Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Rieke, Makk: Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |
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| Title: | Cultivation effects on surface qualities of an Agrostis palustris putting green |
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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. 532-536. |
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| Publishing Information: | Oakville, Ontario, Canada: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses; Agrostis stolonifera; Golf greens; Hollow tine coring; Water injection cultivation; Poa annua control; Application timing; Quality; Ball roll distance; Physical properties of soil; Earthworms; Surfaces
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Hollow tine cultivation (HTC) on putting greens is typically practiced during the fall and/or spring, often coinciding with optimal conditions for annual bluegrass (Poa annua var. reptans Hausskn.) germination. Water injection cultivation (WIC) is a relatively new technique that cultivates turf areas while causing minimal surface disruption, which may decrease the potential for annual bluegrass to encroach into creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) putting greens. A study was conducted to compare the effects of two HTC frequencies (spring/fall and spring/summer/fall) and three WIC frequencies (weekly, biweekly, and monthly) on annual bluegrass encroachment and the surface quality of a creeping bentgrass putting green. The experimental putting green was established on a loamy sand soil (modified fine-loamy, mixed, mesic, Typic Hapludalf) and managed under typical golf course putting green conditions. Annual bluegrass populations were counted in the spring and fall of 1994, 1995, and 1996. Turfgrass quality, ball roll distance, soil physical properties, and earthworm populations were also evaluated periodically. Annual bluegrass populations were not affected by cultivation treatments throughout the study. Surface disruptions in plots receiving HTC significantly decreased turfgrass quality following treatments. Ball roll distances on plots receiving WIC treatment increased 4 to 14% immediately following treatment because of the rolling action [of] the WIC unit (HydroJect). Earthworm castings on the turfgrass surface were significantly decreased with weekly WIC applications. Turf treated with spring and fall HTC had significantly greater earthworm biomass than the control treatment in the surface 30 cm of the soil." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 19 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Karcher, D. E., P. E. Rieke, and J. F. Makk. 2001. Cultivation effects on surface qualities of an Agrostis palustris putting green. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 9(Part 2):p. 532-536. |
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