Technical Articles

Aquatrols research and information teams spend significant time gathering information and scientific data to prepare white papers and and articles for presentation at association meetings and for submission to industry publications.

 

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By Author

Water Movement In Soils
By: Bruce t. Bowman and Dr. W. Dan Reynolds -
Southern  Crop Protection and Food Research Center

Fear of Water
Dr. Stefan Doerr- Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea

Conventional and innovative methods for fairy ring management in turfgrass.
M.A. Fidanza, Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, USA., P.F. Colbaugh, Texas A & M University, Dallas, TX, USA.H.B. Couch, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.S.D. Davis, Aventis Environmental Science, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA.D.L. Sanford, Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, USA.

Plant root and microbial derived soil water repellency
Scottish Crop Research Institute www.scri.sari.ac.uk/assoc/NEWSTRUC/Environ/SoilPlnt/SPBiop/SPRepel.htm
P.D. Hallett, J. Douglas. K. Ritz, R.E. Wheatley & I.M. Young

An Introduction Into Soil Water Repellency
Scottish Crop Research Institure
P.D. Hallet

Water-repellent soils

Part 1: Where are we now?
Part 2: More Questions and Answers
By Keith Karnok Ph. D., and Kevin Tucker
Articles re-printed with permission from Golf Course Management  

Advances in understanding and managing water repellent soils 
S.J. Kostka1*, L.W. Dekker2, K. Oostindie2, C.J. Ritsema2, C.M. Miller1,
and D.E. Karcher3 
1Aquatrols Corporation, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2Alterra, Wageningen, Netherlands,
3University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Irrigation Efficiency
Soil surfactants can save water and help maintain turfgrass quality
BY S.J. KOSTKA, J.L. CISAR, S. MITRA, D.M. PARK, C.J. RITSEMA, L.W. DEKKER AND M.A. FRANKLIN

SURFACTANTS AS MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR AMELIORATING SOIL WATER REPELLENCY IN TURFGRASS SYSTEMS
Stanley J. Kostka, Louis W. Dekker, Coen J. Ritsema, John L Cisar, and Mica K. Franklin

Water conservation on fairways by systematic injection of wetting agents
 Sowmya Mitra, Ph.D.
http://www.greenmediaonline.com/uploads/cf/features/0507_cf_gs.asp
Article linked with permission from Green Media Online

The Good, Bad and the Practical
- the evolution of soil wetting agents for managing soil water repellency
 Demie Moore and Robert Moore
Article from TurfNet Monthly with permission to link

 

By Product

AquaGro® Gold (IrrigAid® Gold) Evaluation in Apples
David J. Bell & Associates Pty Ltd
Southern  Crop Protection and Food Research Center

Aqueduct Independent Research
Effect of Aqueduct on water repellency
Compiliation from University of Georgia, Arkansas and Florida

Dispatch Whirlwind
Evaluation of Dispatch Injectable for Enchancement of Foliar and Soil Nitrogen
Ken Mauser, Bakersfield CA

DRIFT
WHAT'S THAT STUFF?
ARTIFICIAL SNOW

Article linked with permission from Chemical and Enginering News
January 19,2004
Volume 82, Number 03
CENEAR 82 03 p. 72
ISSN 0009-2347

ACA1820 (Revolution) a Novel Chemistry for Rootzone Water Management in Turfgrass Systems
S.J. Kostka

Testing with Revolution on Golf Course De Pan – Utrecht, Holland
Prof. Coen J. Ritsema, Ing. Klaas Oostindie and Dr. Louis W. Dekker

 

 

By Title

An Introduction Into Soil Water Repellency
Scottish Crop Research Institure
P.D. Hallet

Advances in understanding and managing water repellent soils. 
S.J. Kostka1*, L.W. Dekker2, K. Oostindie2, C.J. Ritsema2, C.M. Miller1,
and D.E. Karcher3 
1Aquatrols Corporation, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2Alterra, Wageningen, Netherlands,
3University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Conventional and innovative methods for fairy ring management in turfgrass.
M.A. Fidanza, Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, USA., P.F. Colbaugh, Texas A & M University, Dallas, TX, USA.H.B. Couch, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.S.D. Davis, Aventis Environmental Science, Gulf Breeze, FL, USA.D.L. Sanford, Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA, USA.

Fear of Water
Dr. Stefan Doerr- Department of Geography, University of Wales Swansea

The Good, Bad and the Practical
- the evolution of soil wetting agents for managing soil water repellency
 Demie Moore and Robert Moore
Article from TurfNet Monthly with permission to link


Irrigation Efficiency
Soil surfactants can save water and help maintain turfgrass quality
BY S.J. KOSTKA, J.L. CISAR, S. MITRA, D.M. PARK, C.J. RITSEMA, L.W. DEKKER AND M.A. FRANKLIN

Plant root and microbial derived soil water repellency
Scottish Crop Research Institute www.scri.sari.ac.uk/assoc/NEWSTRUC/Environ/SoilPlnt/SPBiop/SPRepel.htm
P.D. Hallett, J. Douglas. K. Ritz, R.E. Wheatley & I.M. Young

SURFACTANTS AS MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR AMELIORATING SOIL WATER REPELLENCY IN TURFGRASS SYSTEMS
Stanley J. Kostka, Louis W. Dekker, Coen J. Ritsema, John L Cisar, and Mica K. Franklin

Water conservation on fairways by systematic injection of wetting agents
 Sowmya Mitra, Ph.D.
http://www.greenmediaonline.com/uploads/cf/features/0507_cf_gs.asp
Article linked with permission from Green Media Online


Water Movement In Soils
By: Bruce t. Bowman and Dr. W. Dan Reynolds -
Southern  Crop Protection and Food Research Center 

Water-repellent soils

Part 1: Where are we now?
Part 2: More Questions and Answers
By Keith Karnok Ph. D., and Kevin Tucker
Articles re-printed with permission from Golf Course Management