Effects of subsurface aeration and trinexapac-ethyl application on soil microbial communities in a creeping bentgrass putting green

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 456-460

  Feng, Yucheng ^a   Stoeckel, Donald M ^a,b   Van Santen, Edzard ^a   Walker, Robert H ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Creeping bentgrass; Soil microbial community; Subsurface aeration; Trinexapac ethyl

Indexed keywords

AERATION; GRASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA;

UNITED STATES;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA VAR. PALUSTRIS; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI; ILEX COOKII; MYCORRHIZAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0036952933     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0558-1     Document Type: Article

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