Effect
Increased produce quality
Colonize T&O treated Creeping bentgrass, cv. SR1119, grown in a golf green had on average 0.9 % more substrate richness for bacterial communities, a 3.8 % higher visual quality (colour, stand uniformity, percentage of localized dry spot), a 6 % higher visual localized dry spot rate, leafs contained 0.7 % more N, 0.5 % less P, 2.3 % more K, 4.8 % more Ca, 3.2 % more Mg, 1.1 % more S, 2.9 % more Zn, 0.1 % less B, 0.3 % more Mn, 23.2 % less Fe and 12.3 % less Cu compared to the untreated control.
Trial details
outdoor, unprotected, soil grown (commercial root zone mixture of 80 % sand:20 % sphagnum peat humus, optimal cultivation (routine maintenance)
USA
Crop
Creeping bentgrass, Agrostis stolonifera L.
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
First treatment 3 years after grow-in of grass (29 May), followed by a bi-weekly application till 21th of August.
Rate
2.78kg/ha in 571 L solution/ha
2005
Biostimulant Influences on Turfgrass Microbial Communities and Creeping Bentgrass Putting Green Quality
HortScience
40(6)
1904-1910
Crop group