The effects of different irrigation levels applied in golf courses on some quality characteristics of turfgrass

Baştuğ, Ruhi; Büyüktaş, Dursun

doi:10.1007/s00271-003-0073-7

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“…SAVI estimates had a similar behavior, suggesting that considerable water conservation can be achieved before turfgrass quality is significantly degraded. This is similar to a previous finding that irrigation depths can be reduced by 15% at a golf course without affecting the turf quality [13]. (iv) According to all VIs, the quality and growth of WSM was poorer under high WAA levels and better under low WAA level in comparison to other species.…”

Section: Spectral Characteristics Of Turfgrasssupporting

confidence: 80%

“…Bell et al [7] found that visual rates of turfgrass quality were inconsistent among three human evaluators. In addition, several researchers have used a visual rating scale of one to nine [8][9][10], while others have employed a range of one to ten [11,12] or one to six [13]. Developing objective and easy-to-use methods of irrigation scheduling can lead to water conservation and can prevent the loss of nutrients from turfgrass systems [2].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing of Turfgrass Quality, Water Stress, and Water Use under Different Soil and Irrigation Treatments

Taghvaeian

Chávez

Hattendorf³

et al. 2013

Remote Sensing

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Abstract:Optical and thermal remote sensing data were acquired at ground level over several turfgrass species under different soil and irrigation treatments in northern Colorado, USA. Three vegetation indices (VIs), estimated based on surface spectral reflectance, were sensitive to the effect of reduced water application on turfgrass quality. The temperature-based Grass Water Stress Index (GWSI) was also estimated by developing non-transpiring and non-water-stressed baselines. The VIs and the GWSI were all consistent in (i) having a non-linear relationship with the water application depth; and, (ii) revealing that the sensitivity of studied species to water availability increased in order from warm season mix to Poa pratensis L. and then Festuca spp.. Implemented soil preparation treatments had no significant effect on turfgrass quality and water stress. The differences between GWSI-based estimates of water use and the results of a complex surface energy balance model (METRIC) were not statistically significant, suggesting that the empirical GWSI method could provide similar results if the baselines are accurately developed under the local conditions of the study area.

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confidence: 80%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing of Turfgrass Quality, Water Stress, and Water Use under Different Soil and Irrigation Treatments

Taghvaeian

Chávez

Hattendorf³

et al. 2013

Remote Sensing

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“…Other researches evaluated the physiological adaptation or the functional and qualitative response of different cool and warm season grasses to increasing water deficits (Miele et al, 1995;Qian and Engelke, 1999;Bastug and Buyuktas, 2003;Marchione, 2003;Cereti et al, 2004;Fu and Huang, 2004). All these studies report that, during the summer period, warm-season grasses are more tolerant to drought stress than cool-season grasses.…”

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Performance of warm-season turfgrasses under different water regimes in the Mediterranean climate conditions of Southern Italy

Marchione

Fracchiolla

2016

Ital J Agronomy

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In Mediterranean areas, very scarce rainfalls during the summer season are a limiting factor to the sowing and managing of turfgrasses. This work evaluates the response to different irrigation regimes (50 or 75% of reference evapotranspiration) of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. cv Transcontinental, Paspalum vaginatum Swartz cv Salam, Pennisetum clandestinum (Chiov.) Hochst. cv AZ1, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze cv Palmetto and Zoysia japonica Steud. cv El Toro. Performance of turfgrasses was evaluated in term of turf quality, colour index and ground cover.Only when rainfalls were scarce, water regime restoring the 75% of the evapotranspiration (ETo) showed significant effects. Under rainy conditions, the restoration of only the 50% of ETo was able to give highly acceptable values. The best performance was observed for Z. japonica, C. dactylon and P. vaginatum, whereas P. clandestinum and S. secundatum showed lower adaptability to water stress.

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“…Although our study was conducted under a sub-humid climatic condition, the applied irrigation water and ETc values were close to the values obtained in studies conducted under arid climatic conditions. The reason for this result was due to the longer irrigation period in our study, which was a month longer than the studies of Bastug and Buyuktas (2003) and Emekli et al (2007).…”

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confidence: 54%

“…In a 2-year study, for cool-season turfgrass irrigated at a level of 100% of the Class A pan evaporation, Meyer and Gibeault (1986) applied 1097 mm of irrigation water in the first year and 983 mm in the second year, whereas they applied 864 mm in the first year and 838 mm in the second year using warm-season turfgrass. Under Mediterranean climatic conditions, Bastug and Buyuktas (2003) reported that the total amount of water applied and the total ET of golf course turfgrass were found as 780.3 mm and 896 mm, respectively, under an irrigation treatment in which kp was set to 1.00. In a Mediterranean climate, Emekli et al (2007) found that the total irrigation water and amount of seasonal water used for bermudagrass at 100% of the Class A pan were 1168.2 mm and 1186 mm, respectively.…”

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Growth and Quality Responses of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) to Different Irrigation Levels and Nitrogen Rates

Candogan¹,

Bilgili²,

Yazgan³

et al. 2014

Turkish Journal of Field Crops

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A 2-year experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different irrigation levels and nitrogen rates on visual turfgrass colour and quality and clipping yield of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) under subhumid climatic conditions. The treatments consisted of five levels of irrigation, 25% (I1), 50% (I2), 75% (I3), 100% (I4) and 125% (I5), of the evaporation measured from a Class A pan and two rates of nitrogen, 25 kg N ha -1 (N1) and 50 kg N ha -1 (N2). The N rates were applied as a monthly rate during growing seasons (MaySeptember). The experimental area was irrigated by a pop-up sprinkler irrigation system. The irrigation was applied at 3-day intervals during May-September for both years. The seasonal crop evapotranspiration (ETc) under the treatments ranged from 315 to 1154 mm in 2007 and from 363 to 1100 mm in 2008. The ETc increased with increasing the both N rate and irrigation level, and the best seasonal turf quality of tall fescue was obtained for the I4 and I5 treatments under N2 rate. This study demonstrated that, when the level of irrigation and nitrogen rate were evaluated together, the N2I4 treatment ensured sufficiently dark turf colour and quality. Based on the results of this study, it is concluded that an acceptable turf quality can be sustained under the N1I1 treatment in May, N1I2 treatment in June, July and August and N1I4 treatment in September (or N2I2 treatment in September) according to water conservation. When rainfall amountis high (132.2 mm) in September, the N1I1 treatment may sustain acceptable turf quality for this month.

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The effects of different irrigation levels applied in golf courses on some quality characteristics of turfgrass

Cited by 36 publications

References 16 publications

Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing of Turfgrass Quality, Water Stress, and Water Use under Different Soil and Irrigation Treatments

Optical and Thermal Remote Sensing of Turfgrass Quality, Water Stress, and Water Use under Different Soil and Irrigation Treatments

Performance of warm-season turfgrasses under different water regimes in the Mediterranean climate conditions of Southern Italy

Growth and Quality Responses of Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) to Different Irrigation Levels and Nitrogen Rates

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