Inorganic soil amendment effects on sand-based sports turf media

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1121-1125

  Li, Deying ^a   Joo, Young K ^a   Christians, Nick E ^a   Minner, David D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CLAY; EARTH; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLYMER; POROSITY; SEASONALITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL COMPACTION; TURF;

EID: 0033846176     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.4041121x     Document Type: Article

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