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DOI:10.21273/HORTSCI.39.3.620
Web URL(s):https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/39/3/article-p620.xml?rskey=FZePqV
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Author(s):Kaminski, John E.; Dernoeden, Peter H.; Bigelow, Cale A.
Author Affiliation:Kaminski and Dernoeden: Department of Natural Resource Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; and Bigelow: Agronomy Department, Perdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Title:Soil amendments and fertilizer source effects on creeping bentgrass establishment, soil microbial activity, thatch, and disease
Section:Turf management
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Source:HortScience. Vol. 39, No. 3, June 2004, p. 620-626.
Publishing Information:Alexandria, VA: American Society for Horticultural Science
# of Pages:7
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Soil amendments; Fertilizers; Agrostis stolonifera; Turfgrass establishment; Soil microorganisms; Thatch; Golf greens; Natural organic fertilizers; Root zone mixture; Animal manures; Root weight; Microdochium patch; Fall spot of bentgrass
Cultivar Names:Crenshaw; Penn G-2; Providence
Abstract/Contents:"Natural organic fertilizers require microbial degradation for nitrogen (N) release, but their ability to promote rapid turfgrass establishment has not been well documented in newly constructed sand-based rootzones. This 2-year field study evaluated the influence of two general fertilizer and soil amendment programs for their effect on establishment and quality of three creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) cultivarsā€“'Crenshaw', 'Penn G-2', and 'Providence'. Turf was grown on a 4 sand : 1 sphagnum peat (by volume) rootzone mixture. Four treatments consisting of a surface-applied synthetic fertilizer (SF; mostly water-soluble N in 1999 and methylene urea thereafter); surface-applied hydrolyzed poultry meal (PM); preplant-incorporated granular humate (GH) with surface-applied SF; and preplant-incorporated PM with surface-applied PM. Turf cover data collected 42 days after seeding (DAS) showed that the rate of establishment was SF+GH incorporated =SF surface-applied >PM surface-applied + PM incorporated >PM surface-applied. Turf cover was ā‰„96% among all treatments 90 DAS. Rootmass density was greater (18% to 29%) at 103 DAS in GH incorporated plots combined with SF, when compared to all other treatments, but no rootmass differences subsequently were observed. Soil microbial activity generally was highest in PM-treated plots during the first 14 months following sedding, but not thereafter. Turf treated with SF had less microdochium patch (Microdochium nivale (Fr.) Samuels and I.C. Hallett) and more bentgrass dead spot (Ophiosphaerella agrostis Dernoeden, M.P.S. Camara, N.R. O'Neill, van Berkum et M.E. Palm), when compared to PM-treated plots. Slightly less thatch developed in PM-treated turf when compared to plots receiving SF alone by the end of the second year. Penn G-2 and SF generally provided the best overall turf quality. This study demonstrated the beneficial effects of readily available N from SF for rapid establishment and that preplant incorporation of GH initially aided root development."
Language:English
References:42
See Also:See also related article "Creeping into microbial activity" Golf Course Management, 85(10) October 2017, p. 76, R=290576. R=290576

Interpretive summary appears in Golf Course Management, 86(9) September 2018, p. 78, R=300812. R=300812
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Kaminski, J. E., P. H. Dernoeden, and C. A. Bigelow. 2004. Soil amendments and fertilizer source effects on creeping bentgrass establishment, soil microbial activity, thatch, and disease. HortScience. 39(3):p. 620-626.
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