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Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Author(s): | Tompkins, D. K.;
Ross, J. B.;
Moroz, D. L. |
Author Affiliation: | Researchers, Prairie Turfgrass Research Centre, Olds, Alberta |
Title: | Evaluation of water and soil treatments to improve rootzone permeability on sand-based golf course greens |
Column Name: | Research page Other records with the "Research page" Column
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Source: | The Turf Line News. Vol. 174, February/March 2003, p. 39-45. |
Publishing Information: | Maple Ridge, British Columbia: Western Canada Turfgrass Association |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sand-based golf greens; Golf greens; Permeability; Root zone; Infiltration; Irrigation water; Water quality; Calcium; Soil testing; Chemical properties of soil
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Abstract/Contents: | Presents results of a study "developed in order to provide golf courses with management strategies for dealing with issues arising from the use of poor quality irrigation water," which occurs in "many of the arid regions of North America, including the Canadian Prairies provinces," and also to "evaluate simple, inexpensive instruments that could be used in the field to quantify soil problems and measure improvements after corrective measures." Describes the test procedures in detail. Explains that, as was discovered in a previous study, four factors affect water quality: "potential for nutrient uptake problems, permeability hazard rating, salinity hazard rating and specific ion toxicity rating." Explains that results indicated that in the soil there was a high potential for nutrient uptake problems, a high permeability hazard rating, a high salinity hazard rating, and a high specific ion toxicity for sodium but not chloride. Discusses the effects of acid treatments and Calphlex on the soil. Also explains that infiltrometers were an effective way to measure soil conditions, though sodium ion meters were too unreliable. |
Language: | English |
References: | 7 |
See Also: | Other items relating to: Irrigation Water Quality |
Note: | "Reprinted with permission from the Prairie Turfgrass Research Centre Annual Report, 2001" Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Tompkins, D. K., J. B. Ross, and D. L. Moroz. 2003. Evaluation of water and soil treatments to improve rootzone permeability on sand-based golf course greens. Turf Line News. 174:p. 39-45. |
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