Soil Fertility Amendments and White Grub Populations of Turf

Liming materials, calcium carbonate versus calcium magnesium silicate, were compared for effects on native white grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) populations in a New Jersey lawn. A silt loam soil near Princeton, N.J., of mixed cool-season turf with an initial pH of 5.0 received applications of eithe...

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Published in:Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 2014-04, Vol.45 (8), p.1059-1070
Main Authors: Provance-Bowley, Mary C, Koppenhöfer, Albrecht, Heckman, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Alkalies
Biological and medical sciences
calcium
calcium carbonate
Calcium silicate
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General agronomy. Plant production
gypsum
insects
lawns and turf
limestone
liming materials
Loam soils
magnesium silicates
Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries
Scarabaeidae
silt loam soils
slag
Soil fertility
soil pH
Soil science
Soil sciences
Soil testing
Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility
Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments
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Summary:Liming materials, calcium carbonate versus calcium magnesium silicate, were compared for effects on native white grub (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) populations in a New Jersey lawn. A silt loam soil near Princeton, N.J., of mixed cool-season turf with an initial pH of 5.0 received applications of either liming material in January 2007 for a target pH of 6.5. Control plots received no lime application. Grub numbers were reduced by more than 50% in plots amended with either calcium magnesium silicate or calcium carbonate when compared with the controls. Both calcium magnesium silicate and calcium carbonate were similarly effective in achieving this benefit.
ISSN:1532-2416
0010-3624
1532-2416
1532-4133
DOI:10.1080/00103624.2013.874026