Super Journal: an online turf research resource
Super Journal is provided by PACE Turf as a free public service to the turfgrass management community. Our mission is to provide an electronic venue for:
- Superintendents to publish results of their turf research projects and to share them with fellow turf managers.
- Turf researchers to rapidly publish and disseminate their experimental results.
- Superintendents who want assistance in designing, carrying out, interpreting and/or summarizing turf research experiments.
Please see our submission guidelines if you wish to have your report published in Super Journal, and our research guide for information on designing and implementing your own turf research project.
STMA 2012
The resources below have been provided for participants of the 2012 Sports Turf Managers Association in support of the demonstrations provided by Dr. Larry Stowell of PACE Turf. Please conact us if you have any questions.
- Turf monitoring tools
- EC (electrical conductivity) monitoring for soil salinity
- Quick test for soil nitrate
- Interpreting soil analytical information
- Soil Chloride and Sulfur Guidelines
- Tissue Guidelines
- Water Guidelines
- PACE Turf disease photo index
- PACE Turf insect photo index
- How we review products and practices
- Links of interest
- Turfgrass disease diagnostic laboratories
- Soil analytical laboratories
- Fungicide combination products: decision making tools
- Turf growth potential in selected U.S. locations
- Turf growth potential at different average air temperatures
- Recycled Water
- IPM Planning Tools
- Precision Turfgrass Management
Role of soil moisture and organic matter in greens firmness
Bottom line: Greens firmness was strongly influenced by soil moisture, with wetter soils resulting in decreased firmness. Organic matter levels had a much less dramatic effect on firmness, but higher levels of organic matter did result in slightly decreased firmness. Overall, regardless of the organic matter content of greens, management of soil moisture is clearly critical in providing consistently firm putting greens.
Project title: Role of soil moisture and organic matter in greens firmness
Principal investigator: Larry Stowell, Ph.D., CPAg, PACE Turf LLC
Cooperator: Candice Combs, Torrey Pines Golf Course
Sponsor: Torrey Pines Golf Course and PACE Turf LLC
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Ozone treated irrigation water and turf quality
Bottom line: Can turf quality be improved through the use of irrigation water that has been treated with ozone? Preliminary results of a field trial that we conducted during 2011 showed that turf in ozone–treated plots indeed showed higher quality, suggesting that ozone treatment might improve turf quality. However, due to inconsistent irrigation distribution among the plots, the results were inconclusive.
Project title: Evaluation of Aquazone Systems LLC Ozone Generator treated irrigation water on turfgrass performance an soil quality
Principal investigators: Larry Stowell, Ph.D., CPAg, PACE Turf LLC
Cooperator: Brian Archbold, El Niguel Country Club
Sponsor: Aquazone Systems LLC
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