Agronomy and Horticulture Department
Greening Up the Greens - Transpiration Application Scenario
Date of this Version
2005
Document Type
Article
Citation
Plant and Soil Sciences eLibrary (PASSeL) Lesson
Abstract
A scenario to accompany the online lesson “Transpiration - Water Movement through Plants.”
Scenario
You are a student intern for the summer at Fall Oaks Golf Course in eastern Nebraska. After working there for a month, you notice that the greens are not in the greatest condition. In the morning the greens are a lush green color, but then during the middle of the day areas turn bluish-green to brown. The greens seem to recover their green color later in the day, but the plant density (thickness of the greens) has been steadily decreasing since you started working there in early June. The other intern, who worked there last summer, comments that it sure didn’t look like this last year!
[Photo: Greens under heat stress turn bluish-green to brown in color and plant health decreases.]
You decide to impress your boss by taking the initiative to determine how to correct the problem. Before you can make a recommendation, though, you need to gather some information to figure out what the problem is and how it can be remedied. Your first step is to find out more about the management practices for the greens. You can ask your boss, a Certified Golf Course Superintendent, any of the following questions.
Q: How much is the golf course used?
A: There is a significant level of rounds played (> 45,000 per year), with most summer rounds being played in the morning or late afternoon.
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Comments
Copyright © 2005 Patricia Hain and Roch Gaussoin. Used by permission.
This project was supported in part by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, administered by the University of California-Davis and by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education, National SMETE Digital Library Program, Award #0938034, administered by the University of Nebraska. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USDA or NSF.
Development of this lesson was supported in part by the Cooperative State Research, Education, & Extension Service, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, under Agreement Number PX2003-06237 administered by Cornell University, Virginia Tech, and the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) and in part by the New Mexico and Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.