Physical and hydraulic properties of rootzone mixes amended with inorganics for golf putting greens

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 395-404

  Waltz Jr , Freddie C ^a   Quisenberry, Virgil L ^b   McCarty, Lambert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GRAVEL; MIXTURES; PEAT; POROSITY; SAND;

CALCINED CLAYS (CC);

HYDRAULICS;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0037347477     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2003.0395     Document Type: Article

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