Biostimulant influences on turfgrass microbial communities and creeping bentgrass putting green quality

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1904-1910

  Mueller, S R ^a   Kussow, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostimulant; Creeping bentgrass; Microbial community; Putting green; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; INORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

BIOSTUMILANT; CREEPING BENTGRASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TURFGRASS INDUSTRY; VISUAL QUALITY;

MICROORGANISMS;

FERTILIZERS; INORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SOIL;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; ALGAE; POACEAE;

EID: 24944521578     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1904     Document Type: Article

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