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Author(s):Guertal, Beth
Author Affiliation:Associate Professor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Title:Oxygenator solutions for bentgrass putting greens
Source:USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 40, No. 5, September/October 2002, p. 22-24.
Publishing Information:Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section
# of Pages:3
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Golf greens; Dry weight; Golf courses; Heat; Humidity; Agrostis stolonifera; Application methods; Visual evaluation; Root length; Oxygen
USGA Green Section Keywords: Golf Greens: Management; Grasses: Cool-season Grasses; Research
Cultivar Names:Crenshaw; Penncross
Trade Names:Comm
Abstract/Contents:Describes a study to evaluate the efficacy of a commercial oxygenator spray applied to bentgrass putting greens maintained at the Auburn University Turfgrass Research Unit and Auburn Links. States that the former "was a two-year-old stand of 'Crenshaw' growing in a loamy stand push-up putting green," while the latter was "a 10-year-old stand of 'Penncross' growing in a USGA-type sand/peat mix." Details the three different treatments of the commercial oxygenator, the three different treatments of hydrogen peroxide, and the untreated control that were studied. Describes how "soil oxygen diffusion rates were collected by inserting platinum-tipped electrodes into the soil at a 1-inch depth." Results include that, at the Turfgrass Research Unit location in the year 2000, "addition of any oxygenator compound did not increase the soil oxygen diffusion rate." and in both locations in the year 2000, "application of any oxygenator treatment did not increase bentgrass root length density or dry root weight." States that "in the second year of the study [2001], there was only one time that application of any oxygenator treatment affected root length density" and that "there were no significant differences in the soil oxygen diffusion rate due to oxygenator treatments." Concludes that "in our limited study (only two years at two locations), we did not see a beneficial effect from applying soul oxygenator sprays to bentgrass putting greens" but that "the long-term wide-range impact of a product should never be judged on the basis of a somewhat small-scale study such as this one."
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Guertal, B. 2002. Oxygenator solutions for bentgrass putting greens. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 40(5):p. 22-24.
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