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Author(s):Vavrek, Bob
Author Affiliation:Agronomist, North Central Region
Title:Traffic... How much can you bare?: Wear and compaction can leave you with unsightly bare spots
Source:USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 40, No. 4, July/August 2002, p. 1-6.
Publishing Information:Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section
# of Pages:6
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Wear; Golf courses; Traffic; Traffic damage; Problem-solving; Design; Compaction; Physical properties of soil; Soil water retention; Particle size; Soil moisture; Thatch; Shoot density; Growth; Nutrient uptake; Water uptake; Plant recovery; Root growth; Freezing; Thawing; Aerification; Coring; Golf course design; Golf cart paths; Traffic control; Drainage; Irrigation practices; Soil modification; Topdressing; Sand; Golf course maintenance equipment
USGA Green Section Keywords: Soils; Traffic; Turf Management Related to the Game of Golf
Abstract/Contents:Describes how traffic on turfgrass causes soil compaction. Discusses "how compaction affects soil physical properties, turf growth, and the quality of playing conditions." Describes factors that influence the potential degree of compaction for a particular soil, including particle size distribution, soil moisture, turf density, and thatch. Explains that severe compaction causes altered root distribution and root dysfunction, decreased shoot density and rhizome/stolon development, altered nutrient uptake, reduced water uptake, reduced carbohydrate reserves, and a greater capacity to hold moisture. Explains how to minimize the effects of severe compaction through cultivation, including hollow or solid-tine cultivation. Discusses techniques for preventing compaction, including course design, cart paths, minimizing play during and immediately following wet weather, drainage, irrigation, and soil modification. Also explains that "a large, heavy piece of equipment is still large and heavy regardless of tire design" and therefore will cause more compaction than a lighter piece of equipment. States that "soil compaction may be a hidden effect of excessive traffic, but the inability to see the problem does not lessen the detrimental effects of compaction on turf growth and development. Considering all the ways to prevent compaction described in this article, the one you can take to the bank is to limit traffic across the playing surfaces when the soil is wet."
Language:English
References:5
See Also:Other items relating to: Golf cart damage
Note:Reprint appears in The Turf Line News, Vol. 173 December/January 2002, p. 36, 38-41, with variant pictures
Includes sidebar, "Turf tires... The rest of the story", p. 5
Pictures, color
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Vavrek, B. 2002. Traffic... How much can you bare?: Wear and compaction can leave you with unsightly bare spots. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 40(4):p. 1-6.
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