Maintaining Soil Physical Property Integrity in Turfgrass Management Systems

Author

Jordan Michael Craft

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Baldwin, Christian

Committee Member

Stewart, Barry R.

Committee Member

McCurdy, James D.

Committee Member

Tomaso-Peterson, Maria

Date of Degree

8-12-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Agronomy

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Abstract

Traditional aerification programs can cause substantial damage to the playing surface resulting in prolonged recovery. A growing trend in the industry involves using aerification techniques that cause minimum surface disruption; however, despite growing interest in new and alternative aerification technology, there is a lack of information in the literature comparing new or alternative technology with traditional methods on warm season grasses. Therefore, the objective of this research was to determine the best combination of new dry-injection (DI) cultivation technology with modified traditional aerification programs to achieve minimal surface disruption without a compromise in soil physical properties. Research was conducted at the Mississippi State University golf course practice putting green and at the Mississippi State University practice football field during. Treatments compared different combinations of hollow tine (HT) aerification and DI from Jun to Aug in 2014 and 2015.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20721

Comments

aerification||cultural practices||DryJect||soil physical properties||putting greens||athletic field||ultradwarf bermudagrass

Recommended Citation

Craft, Jordan Michael, "Maintaining Soil Physical Property Integrity in Turfgrass Management Systems" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 2991.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/2991