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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Eaton, W. J.;
Beard, J. B. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Eaton: Dept. of Crop and Sciences, Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan; and Beard: Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. |
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| Title: | Snowmobile Traffic Relationships on Turfgrasses |
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| Section: | Production and culture
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| Source: | HortScience. Vol. 21, No. 3, June 1986, p. 531-532. |
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| Publishing Information: | St. Joseph, MI : American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Winterkill; Cold stress; Snow; Agrostis stolonifera; Traffic; Poa pratensis; Temperatures; Wear; Snowmobile damage
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| Abstract/Contents: | The objective of this investigation was to determine the effects of 6 intensities of snowmobile traffic on 2 winter dormant turfgrasses covered with 5 depths of snow. Two adjacent sites on the Boyne Highlands Golf Course, Michigan were selected for the snowmobile traffic stress study. One was a 5-year old mature monostand of creeping bentgrass, 'Penncross', mowed twice weekly at 2 cm with the clippings returned. The 2nd adjacent site was composed of a 5-year old monostand of Kentucky bluegrass, 'Merion', mowed once per week at 4 cm with the clippings returned. Results suggest that turfgrass damage from snowmobile traffic is not of concern as long as a minimum of 3 cm of dense fully frozen snow covers the area to be traversed. Based on earlier studies, combined with the data reported herein, the following explanation can be given for those reported instances where turf injury from snowmobile traffic has occurred due to causes other than simple mechanical track abrassion on exposed dormant turfgrasses. The initial thawing phase forms a wet, slushy, snow condition especially when the turf if covered by a shallow snow depth. If this condition is combined with snowmobile traffic over the turfgrass that has an increased crown hydration level and is followed within 24 to 48 hours by a subsequent freeze to below -7 degrees C, damage to turfgrasses can be anticipated. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 3 |
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| Note: | Brief summary appears in The IPM Practitioner, 1987.
Summary reprint: Least Toxic Lawn Management, Berkeley, CA, Bio-Intregral Research Center, 1987, p. 23.
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Eaton, W. J., and J. B. Beard. 1986. Snowmobile Traffic Relationships on Turfgrasses. HortScience. 21(3):p. 531-532. |
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