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Author(s):Shearman, R. C.; Carrow, R. N.; Wit, L. A.; Duncan, R. R.; Trenholm, L. E.; Worley, J. E.
Author Affiliation:Shearman, Wit: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE; Carrow, Duncan, Trenholm, Worley: Department of Crop and Soil Science, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA
Title:Turfgrass traffic simulators: A description of two self-propelled devices simulating wear and compaction stress injury
Section:Physiology
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Meeting Info.:Toronto, Ontario, Canada: July 2001
Source:International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 9, No. Part 1, 2001, p. 347-352.
Publishing Information:Oakville, Ontario, Canada: International Turfgrass Society
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Product profile; Comparisons; Traffic simulators; Wear; Compaction; Traffic damage; Costs; Poa pratensis; Paspalum vaginatum; Cynodon
Abstract/Contents:"Most turfgrasses are exposed to some form of traffic stress. Turfgrass research is often conducted without traffic as a stress, leading to questions as to the application of these research results for traffic stressed sites. In defense of this research, traffic simulation is considered to be time consuming and costly to conduct. With these aspects in mind, traffic simulators were devloped to simulate turfgrass wear injury and compaction stress. These simulators were designed to facilitate rapid, cost-effective traffic stress on small and large-scale research areas. Nebraska (NE) SCW Traffic simulator uses rubber wheels and is capable of imposing both soil compaction (SC) stress and wear (W) injury. The NE SCW simulator weighs 415 kg, is 150 cm wide, applies a static pressure of 0.45 kg cm-2 and travels at speeds of 0 to 2.2 m sec-1. The NE SCW simulator effectively differentiated wear injury and soil compaction stress among seven Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) cultivars. The Georgia (GA) W Traffic simulator uses rubber-coated rollers and is used primarily to separate wear tolerance differences among cultivars of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz.) and bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.). The GA W traffic simulator is 99 cm wide, applies a static pressure of 0.90 kg cm-2 and travels at speeds of 0 to 1.8 m sec-1."
Language:English
References:18
See Also:Other items relating to: Seashore Paspalum - Since 2000
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Shearman, R. C., R. N. Carrow, L. A. Wit, R. R. Duncan, L. E. Trenholm, and J. E. Worley. 2001. Turfgrass traffic simulators: A description of two self-propelled devices simulating wear and compaction stress injury. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 9(Part 1):p. 347-352.
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