Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of microbial fertilizer containing Lactobacillus plantarum (MF) on the growth and turfgrass quality in the creeping bentgrass ‘Penn A-1’ with visual turfgrass quality, chlorophyll content, clipping yield, nutrient content and its uptake amount. Treatments were designed as follows; no-fertilizer (NF), control (3N g m-2 month-1), MF-1 (control + 1 mL m-2time-1), MF-2 (control + 2 mL m-2time-1), MF-3 (control + 4 mL m-2time-1) and SF (control + sterilized MF 2 mL m-2time-1). Compared with control, visual turfgrass quality, chlorophyll content, nutrient content and uptake amount of MF treatments were not a significant difference. After applying MF, the clipping yield of MF treatments increased by 164-181% than that of NF, and by 15.3-22.9% than that of control or SF. These results indicated that the application of microbial fertilizer containing L. plantarum improved turfgrass growth by prompting nitrogen uptake in the creeping bentgrass.
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