Modeling and Simulations of Turfgrass Growth for Low-cost Turfing

Abstract

Abstract. The movement to turf school grounds is gaining momentum, although cost is a major issue. Low-cost turf planting can be realized by devising the planting methods. In this study, we describe the growth process of turfgrass as mathematical models and show the usefulness of the planting through the numerical simulations. When the parameters based on practice are determined for the Lotka-Volterra equation with time-dependent growth coefficients, numerical results explaining the lower cost were obtained. Therefore the validity of the planting practice based on this study was confirmed.