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About Douglas Soldat, Ph.D.
Soldat is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Posts by Douglas Soldat, Ph.D.
Researchers share findings from a study focusing on various influences on the tissue N content in creeping bentgrass. Read more»
Golf courses with poor quality irrigation water must worry about sodium accumulation in soil. Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) is the primary criterion of estimating sodium hazard of irrigation waters. However, Read more»
In the first chapter of the Soil Science Society of America’s 1990 book, “Soil Testing and Plant Analysis,” authors Peck and Soltanpour write that “Success or failure of soil testing Read more»
Understanding base cations and hydraulic conductivity of sand root zones Irrigating turfgrass with water containing high concentrations of sodium can present significant agronomic challenges. Sodium promotes clay swelling and dispersion, Read more»