Water retention in root-zone soil mixtures of layered profiles used for sports turf

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-85

  Taylor, D H ^a   Williams, C F ^b   Nelson, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drainage; golf green construction; soil modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030907084     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.1.82     Document Type: Article

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