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http://dx.doi.org/10.5660/WTS.2015.4.4.368

Seasonal Earthworm Casting Activity on Korean Golf Courses  

Shin, Chong Chang (Plant Environment R&D Center, Samsung C&T)
Kim, Jong Kyung (Dongrae Benest Golf Club, Samsung C & T)
Hong, Yong (Department of Agricultural Biology, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Young Sub (Department of Ecological Science, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Jin Ho (School of Ecology and Environmental System, Kyungpook National University)
Park, Dae Sup (Plant Environment R&D Center, Samsung C&T)
Lee, Dong Woon (Department of Ecological Science, Kyungpook National University)
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Weed & Turfgrass Science / v.4, no.4, 2015 , pp. 368-375 More about this Journal
Abstract
Earthworm cast occurred in surface of turfgrass in golf courses which affect turfgrass maintenance and golf play. In this study several survey of seasonal fluctuation of earthworm cast in different golf courses (Anseong, Gapyeong, Gunpo and Yongin in Gyeonggi province, and Geumjeong in Busan) was done. A number of earthworm, soil temperature and moisture of detection site of earthworm cast in each golf course were also done. Cast occurred in different golf courses are found mostly from April to November on turf surface and the cast number varied in different month as well as in golf courses. In the same golf courses, a number of detected cast was difference from individual sites. A number of cast and earthworm was correlated. Also, in higher soil moisture showed the higher cast density in different golf courses. Soil temperature and moisture of detecting cast ranging from $2.1^{\circ}C$ to $33.1^{\circ}C$ and 4.9 to 44.1%, respectively. In case of cast, soil temperature level lies in between $10-15^{\circ}C$ where the highest soil moisture was 25%.
Keywords
Earthworm cast; Insect pest; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Turfgrass;
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