USGA ultradwarf bermudagrass putting green properties as affected by cultural practices

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1565-1572

  Rowland, J H ^a   Cisar, J L ^a   Snyder, G H ^a   Sartain, J B ^a   Wright, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERMUDAGRASSES; BLOCK DESIGNS; CULTURAL PRACTICES; CYNODON DACTYLON; DRY SPOT; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; REDUCED SOILS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SURFACES; SPLIT-PLOT; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; TURFGRASS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LADDER NETWORKS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 70350590707     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0154     Document Type: Article

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