The potential of a surfactant to restore turfgrass quality on a severely water-repellent golf green

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 620-623

  Aamlid, Trygve S ^a   Espevig, Tatsiana ^a   Kvalbein, Agnar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Golf green; Hydrophobicity; Soil water content; Soil water repellency; Surfactant; Turfgrass quality; Water droplet penetration time

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 65549129038     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0071-1     Document Type: Article

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