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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | McGuire, E.;
Carrow, R. N.;
Troll, J. |
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| Author Affiliation: | McGuire: Graduate Research Assistant; Carrow: Assistant Professor, Horticulture and Forestry Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas; Troll: Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amhert, Massachusetts |
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| Title: | Chemical soil conditioner effects on sand soils and turfgrass growth |
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| Source: | Agronomy Journal. Vol. 70, No. 2, March/April 1978, p. 317-321. |
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| Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil conditioners; Polyacrylamides; Polyvinyl alcohol; Golf greens; Compaction; Lolium perenne; Agrostis stolonifera; Bitumen emulsions; Sandy soils; Growth factors; Cation exchange capacity
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| Cultivar Names: | Manhattan; Penncross |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "In recent years new chemical soil conditioneers have been utilized for agricultural purposes. However, limited information is available on their potential for improving the moisture and/or nutrient retentions of sand soils subjected to compaction under turfgrass conditions. Two bitumenous emulsions, five polyacrylamides (PAM), and one polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) were evaluated in a greenhouse experiment and/or two field studies. The greenhouse soils were a washed concrete sand and a mesic Entic Fragiorthod, while the field studies were on a constructed golf green ut ilizing an urban laid, flood plain sand. Recommended rates were applied by injection (greenhouse study) or mixing prior to turf establishment (field studies). The influence of these chemical soil conditioner treatments on soil physical properties, cation-exchange capacity (CEC),and growth of 'Manhattan' perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) or 'Penncross' creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) was determined. In the field studies compaction was applied periodically with a power roller. Hydrophilic bitumenous emulsion did not retain a hydrophilic nature but became hydrophobic, which decreased moisture retention by 12.5 to 30.0% by volume at 0.10 bar tension. Turf quality was decreased. Hydrophobic bitumen emulsion treatment resulted in similar responses. With minor exceptions PAM materials did not significantly affect the soil physical, CEC, or turf growth parameters in these studies, irrespective of molecular weight or presence of a cross-linker. The PVA material also did not influence these parameters. Under conditions of these studies, where sand soils were subjected to compaction, chemical soil conditioners used did not benefically affect soil physical properties, CEC, or turfgrass growth. In some instances the influence was detrimental to turfgrass quality and growth." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 15 |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
McGuire, E., R. N. Carrow, and J. Troll. 1978. Chemical soil conditioner effects on sand soils and turfgrass growth. Agron. J. 70(2):p. 317-321. |
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