New Zoysia Varieties Offer Enhanced Ability to Extract Salt from Soil and Water
Management of salinity has become integral to the sustainability of the golf industry. Dwindling freshwater resources and recurrent droughts have made the use of marginal water, sourced from either reclaimed municipal sources or aquifers contaminated by saltwater intrusion, routine, especially in the south. In recent decades the industry has turned to Paspalum, a known halophyte, as a species to address high salinity situations including coastal developments, saline soils and more recently the utilization of effluent and alternative water resources.