Golf course managers manipulate cultural practices in preparation for golf tournaments to increase ball roll distance (BRD) short periods of time. Brushing putting greens, thought be a relatively minimally disruptive practice using brush attachments mounted mower units vertically orient leaf blades prior mowing, is growing popularity despite little research validating purported benefits. The ob...

nowadays, establishment and maintenance of turfgrasses due to high water requirements was faced with serious doubts. hence, screening of drought resistance native grasses, and introduces them as turfgrass is not only effective in reduction of water usage but can also preserve plant gene pools of the country. in the present experiment, wheat grass and bromus as two native grasses were compared w...

A crabgrass variety trial comparing Quick-N-Big and MoJo crabgrasses was conducted during the summer of 2020 at K-State Research Extension experiment station near Columbus, Kansas. The evaluated quantity quality forage produced under different nitrogen fertility scenarios mowing management techniques. more biomass than Quick-N-Big. Addition fertilizer increased production protein content. Mowin...

This study is focused on the vegetation of seminatural dry grasslands. These grasslands are valuable with large biodiversity; however, their long-term preservation requires regular conservation management. report demonstrates results a 13-years mowing experiment, designed to suppress spread an unpalatable grass species, Calamagrostis epigejos. The site was located in mid-successional grasslands...

Restrictions on the use of synthetic molluscicides highlight importance developing alternative control methods. Nevertheless, biocontrol agents can be costlier and less effective than counterparts. One means increasing efficacy population suppression is to combine inundative biological with habitat management reduce growth target pests. Vineyards in cool, wet climate western England suffer from...

Plant growth regulator (PGR) technology is poorly understood by a majority of golf turf managers. PGRs are touted as tools for reducing mowing, controlling annual bluegrass and increasing green speed. PGRs recommended for use on high quality (or Class A type) turf generally inhibit cell elongation for a period of time (weeks). The process of regulating cell elongation includes the synthesis of ...

The degree to which biodiversity may promote the stability of grasslands in the light of climatic variability, such as prolonged summer drought, has attracted considerable interest. Studies so far yielded inconsistent results and in addition, the effect of different grassland management practices on their response to drought remains an open question. We experimentally combined the manipulation ...

Cover crops are a suite of non-marketable plant species grown to improve soil quality. They may have additional benefits including reduced weed pressure and enhanced habitat for beneficial arthropods, but they do not provide direct revenue. Integrating sheep grazing for cover crop termination could make the use of cover crops more economically feasible. However, if grazing shifts biological com...

With the development of city construction, there are increasing demands on the greening, but the traditional mowing way is always by man hand, which has low efficiency, high noise, and also has the existence of security risks. In this paper, a kind of automatic mower is designed based on the Single Chip Microcomputer, automatic mower has high efficiency, low noise, and also can avoid the staff ...