Sporting events are becoming more prevalent within protected areas. To investigate the potential for trail runners to facilitate alien plant introductions into a protected area, we identified plants germinating from material from shoes obtained from 682 trail runners prior to four races in a South ...
Author(s)
Smith, K.; Kraaij, T.
Publisher
Elsevier, Oxford, UK
Citation
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2020, 31,
In the first systematic study of turfgrass in Slovenia, which was performed in 2015 in 20 soccer fields, sward cover, composition of turfgrass, and the occurrence of fungi, pests and weeds were evaluated. Turfgrass managers of all investigated soccer fields were interviewed with the aim of...
Author(s)
Curk, M.; Vidrih, M.; Laznik, Ž.; Trdan, S.
Publisher
Elsevier GmbH, München, Germany
Citation
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2017, 26, pp 191-197
This paper presents the results of a study conducted during a mainly wet 3-week period in August 2010 at a local golf course in UK to compare the results of objective measurements against player feedback for 3 key performance characteristics: speed, firmness and smoothness, in conjunction with...
Publisher
Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI), Bingley, UK
Citation
Bulletin for Sports Surface Management, 2012, No.256, pp 10-14
Sustainable phosphorus use is essential in golf course management to prevent eutrophication and overconsumption. The study aimed to investigate if phosphorus fertilization can be reduced without negative effects on turf quality. We compared two P fertilization recommendations based on soil...
Author(s)
Hesselsøe, K. J.; Borchert, A. F.; Øgaard, A. F.; Krogstad, T.; Chen YaJun; Prämaßing, W.; Aamlid, T. S.
Publisher
Wiley, Hoboken, USA
Citation
International Turfgrass Society Research Journal, 2022, 14, 1, pp 76-89
On golf courses planted to creeping bentgrass, invasion of annual bluegrass is a constant concern. To analyze if nitrogen fertilization manipulation could bias growth to creeping bentgrass, both grasses were fertilized either through foliar or soil application with either urea or ammonium sulfate...
Author(s)
O'Connor, K.; Hébert, F.; Powers, J. E.; Jordan, K. S.; Lyons, E. M.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2018, 41, 5, pp 596-608
Turfgrasses are perennial components of urban greenspaces found in parks, recreational areas, golf courses, sports fields, and lawns that confer many ecosystem services. A copious seed producer, Poa annua is the most troublesome weed of turfgrass and continually threatens the ecosystem services...
Author(s)
Taylor, D. R.; Prorock, M.; Horvath, B. J.; Brosnan, J. T.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group, London, UK
Citation
Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 1,
Conversion from annual bluegrass or bentgrasses to red fescue could be an efficient way to minimise water use on golf greens. Our objective was to investigate the influences of four irrigation strategies on red fescue water use efficiency, turf quality, growth rate and resistance to annual...
Author(s)
Chen, Y.; Pettersen, T.; Kvalbein, A.; Aamlid, T. S.
Publisher
Wiley, Berlin, Germany
Citation
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 2018, 204, 2, pp 185-195
The annual bluegrass weevil, Listronotus maculicollis Kirby, is the most difficult to control insect pest of short-mown golf course turf in the northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. We conducted a survey among golf course superintendents throughout the weevil's area of impact to better...
Author(s)
McGraw, B. A.; Koppenhöfer, A. M.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Cary, USA
Citation
Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 2017, 8, 1, pp 2
Weedy annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) has long been presumed to affect ball roll. However, no peer-reviewed research has evaluated the impact of annual bluegrass or other putting green surface anomalies on ball roll direction. Results to date suggest that several sources of error must be controlled ...
Author(s)
Rana, S. S.; Askew, S. D.
Publisher
Crop Science Society of America, Madison, USA
Citation
Crop Science, 2018, 58, 2, pp 911-916
Our study was conducted in 2013-2017 on the main sports field of the Department of Physical Education and Sport of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. The examined field was established in the 1950s. The following sward characteristics were evaluated on a 9-point scale in accordance...
Author(s)
Grabowski, K.; Grzegorczyk, S.; Łachacz, A.; Olszewska, M.
Publisher
HARD Publishing Company, Olsztyn, Poland
Citation
Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 2020, 29, 5, pp 3589-3596