Turfgrass Benefits and Issues

Stier, John C.; Steinke, Kurt; Ervin, Erik H.; Higginson, Francis R.; McMaugh, Peter E.

doi:10.2134/agronmonogr56.c3

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“…Turfgrasses ameliorate the impacts of urban sprawl in today's rapidly urbanizing global society. The many environmental benefits offered have been documented by several authors and summarized by Beard and Green (1994), Stier et al (2013), and Christians, Patton, and Law (2017). Benefits include temperature moderation through evaporative cooling resulting in dissipation of radiant heat and mitigation of the heat island effect in cities (Amani-Beni, Zhang, Gao-di, & Jie, 2018;Jenerette, Harlan, Stefanov, & Martin, 2011;Wang et al, 2016b).…”

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“…Greenspace, which includes healthy lawns and landscapes, is inversely related to the incidence of crime, especially in urban neighborhoods (Kuo and Sullivan, 2001;Kuo et al, 1998). A well-managed lawn with healthy turfgrass, trees, and ornamental plants increases property value by improving perceptions of residential communities, businesses, and schools (Laverne and Winsin-Geideman, 2003;Stier et al, 2013). Greenspace will provide communities with accessible and safe environments to exercise, socialize, and overcome activity restriction in the COVID-19 era.…”

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A justification for continued management of turfgrass during economic contraction

Brosnan

Chandra²,

Gaussoin

et al. 2020

Agricultural & Env Letters

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A novel coronavirus, termed COVID-19, spread worldwide and become a global pandemic in 2020. Forecasts show that COVID-19 will cause substantial economic contraction affecting almost every industry. Managed turfgrass, particularly in urban settings, has many positive societal and environmental benefits. In a contracted economy, will resources be available to manage turfgrass to achieve these benefits? In this paper, we outline the benefits of managed turfgrass on golf courses, playing fields, recreational parks, and urban landscapes to assist decision makers with resource allocation in the COVID-19 era. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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A justification for continued management of turfgrass during economic contraction

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Chandra²,

Gaussoin

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Agricultural & Env Letters

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“…It is therefore essential to understand the agronomic requirements for managing turf quality while ensuring that negative environmental impacts are minimised. Over the last 20 years, the focus of turf research has shifted away from improving aesthetic quality to reducing environmental impacts (Stier et al., ), mainly in response to concerns regarding diffuse pollution from nutrients and their impacts on the aquatic environment (Cisar, ; Strandberg, Blomba, Jensen, & Knox, ). Rising competition for water between leisure, agriculture and residential water supply, coupled with new environmental regulations, is adding further pressure on the turfgrass sector (Carrow, ; Rodríguez Díaz, Knox, & Weatherhead, ).…”

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Assessing evidence on the agronomic and environmental impacts of turfgrass irrigation management

Gómez-Armayones

Kvalbein

Aamlid

et al. 2018

J Agronomy Crop Science

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In recent years, rising competition for water coupled with new environmental regulations has exerted pressure on water allocations for turfgrass irrigation. In this article, we reviewed published scientific and industry evidence on the agronomic and environmental impacts of turfgrass irrigation using a robust systematic review methodology. Our focus was on the links between (i) irrigation management (amount and frequency), (ii) agronomic responses to irrigation (turf quality, growth rates and rooting) and (iii) environmental impacts (nitrogen leaching). Based on an initial screening of 653 studies and data extracted from 83 papers, our results show that in most cases, under moderate levels of deficit irrigation (50%–60% of actual evapotranspiration), turf quality can be maintained at an acceptable level but with lower water consumption compared to irrigating back to field capacity. Irrigation beyond field capacity was found to increase the risk of nutrient leaching. However, evidence also showed that the concentration and total loss of NO3− in leachate were influenced more by nitrogen (N) rates, soil characteristics, turfgrass species and turfgrass growth rates than by irrigation practices. Our analyses suggest that turfgrass irrigation should be scheduled to apply water at moderate levels of deficit irrigation, sufficient to maintain turfgrass quality but limited to promote a deep and extensive rooting system. The findings provide new insights and valuable evidence for both scientists and practitioners involved in turfgrass research and management.

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“…Sod turfgrass provides significant environmental benefits (Beard and Green, 1994;Stier et al, 2013). However, if improperly managed or used in drought-prone areas, sod causes detrimental environmental effects, such as high water consumption or excessive nutrient and pesticide runoff (Beard and Green, 1994;Stier et al, 2013). Consumers who prefer specific sod attributes maintain large swaths of irrigated and managed turf areas (Ghimire et al, 2016(Ghimire et al, , 2019Yue et al, 2017).…”

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Estimating Producers’ Preferences for Sod Attributes: A Combined Approach of Discrete Choice Experiments and Eye-tracking Technology

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This study combines a discrete choice experiment and eye-tracking technology to investigate producers’ preferences for sod attributes including winterkill reduction, shade tolerance, drought tolerance, salinity tolerance, and maintenance cost reduction. Our study results show that sod producers valued drought tolerance the most, followed by shade tolerance, winterkill reduction, salinity tolerance, and lastly, a 10% maintenance cost reduction. Choice survey data revealed the existence of attribute non-attendance, i.e., respondents skipped some attributes, but statistical tests detected no clear evidence about the role of individuals’ attention changes on their willingness-to-accept estimates. Estimates using a scale heterogeneity multinomial logit model indicate an overall learning effect as respondents made choices in the survey. Producers’ willingness-to-accept were generally higher than consumers’ willingness-to-pay for the improved sod variety attributes, except for the drought tolerance attribute. However, the rankings for these attributes were the same between consumers and producers.

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Turfgrass Benefits and Issues

Cited by 29 publications

References 229 publications

A justification for continued management of turfgrass during economic contraction

A justification for continued management of turfgrass during economic contraction

Assessing evidence on the agronomic and environmental impacts of turfgrass irrigation management

Estimating Producers’ Preferences for Sod Attributes: A Combined Approach of Discrete Choice Experiments and Eye-tracking Technology

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