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| Publication Type:
| Report |
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| Author(s): | Margelik, Eva;
Florineth, Florin |
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| Author Affiliation: | Margelik and Florineth: Lehrstuhl für Ingenieurbiologie und Landschaftsbau, Institut für Landschaftsplanung und Ingenieurbiologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wein, Wein |
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| Title: | Blumenrasen - Trittfestigkeit und Artenentwicklung |
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| Translated Title: | [Flower turf - Wear tolerance and species development] |
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| Source: | Rasen-Turf-Gazon. Vol. 34, No. 1, March 2003, p. 4-17. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bonn, Germany: Hortus Verlag |
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| # of Pages: | 14 |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "In 1998, investigations, covering the subject 'treading and clipping compactnes [compactness] of grass and herb mixtures' were carried out in the department of engineer biology and landscape construction and the cultivation of the soil at the university of Vienna. It is the purpose of this research project to compile a turf mixture as a so-called flower turf, which is ecologically varied, pro-environmental and at the same time resistant to wear and teare [tear] as well as cost and management extensiv [extensive]. An ecological variety is achieved by the addition of a high percentage of different species of herbs to the mixture. It is in this way, that the flower turf differs from the other ordinary turf mixtures which consist mostly and exclusively of grass species. Fertilizers and pesticides are not used, and irrigation is applied to an only limited extent. This means that the soil is preserved and management and costs are minimized. Good clipping and treading compatibility as well as floriferous productivity over long periods are essential qualities of the flower turf. Seed mixtures which differ from each other by a variety of compositions of species and grass-herb relations were also investigated. To investigate the resistance of the plant populations to trading, parts of the experimental plots were subjugated to certain pressure tests by means of the clipping spike roller. The mixtures were tested in the pannonic dry Vienna area and, for reasons of comparison, in addition, in a wetter area of Austria, at Gumpenstein (Styriay). The findings of these experiments were as follows: The different herb percentages in the seed mixture did not influence considerably the development and the extent of the cover, neither on the rolled nor on the unrolled fields. When rolled intensively once a week, this did not influence detrimentally the dimension of the cover. When rolled intensively twice a week, the dimension of the cover was reduced by from 10 to 20 per cent. It is of much greater influence on the potency of the population of each species later on which kinds of species are in the seed mixture (= the weight proportion of the individual species in the total mixture) than the proportion, of grasses and herbs of the seed mixture. A proper mixture requires herb proportions of 20 per cent (weight per cent) in the seed mixture, if the desired extent of cover and floriferous productivity of the herbs in the population is to be achieved. A reduction of Lolium perenne in the seed mixture permitted a much better development of the herb species and resulted nevertheless in a good dimension of the cover. At Gumpenstein, which is cooler and richer in precipitation, there was the best cover on the plots not rolled, and the herb proportions were by 5 to 25 per cent higher than at the site of Vienna." |
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| Language: | German |
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| References: | 25 |
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| Note: | Abstract appears in English, German, and French
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Margelik, E., and F. Florineth. 2003. Blumenrasen - Trittfestigkeit und Artenentwicklung. (In German) Rasen Turf Gazon. 34(1):p. 4-17. |
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