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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Trusty, Steve |
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| Author Affiliation: | Executive Director, Sports Turf Managers Association |
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| Title: | Turf is a key player in baseball |
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| Column Name: | Fields of Play
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| Source: | International Baseball Rundown. March 1998, p. . |
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| Publishing Information: | [Unknown] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Baseball fields; Root zone mixture; Particle size; Choice of species; Choice of cultivar; Sports turf maintenance
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses turf's role in baseball. States that "the ball hits the turf and rolls across it. Players stand on, walk over, run through and slide across the turf as the game progresses...Safety and playability are the top priorities of all aspects of field care, including the selection, establishment and maintenance of the turf." Discusses choosing a turf variety and turf maintenance. States that "turf growth and survival require such key maintenance practices as irrgation, fertilization, mowing, and compaction relief - all tailored to the specific needs of the turfgrass cultivars within the specific soil profile under existing weather and field use conditions." Concludes that "knowing when, why and how to accomplish the best possible solution for both short and long-term field use are major challenges of sports turf management." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, b/w
Reprinted in STMA's Sports Turf Topics, 1998-1999, p.99 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Trusty, S. 1998. Turf is a key player in baseball. International Baseball Rundown. |
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