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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Thompson, K.;
Grime, J. P. |
Author Affiliation: | Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology (N.E.R.C.), Dep. Bot. Univ. Sheffield, Sheffield, UK |
Title: | The incursion of native species into sown swards |
Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 53, 1977, p. 104-105. |
Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lolium perenne; Festuca ovina; Bromus erectus; Holcus lanatus; Rumex obtusifolius; Germination
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Abstract/Contents: | Studies of the reservoir of germinable seeds on the soil surface and buried superficially (0-3 cm) in several types of grassland, 2 roadside verges and an arable field, suggest that native grasses and ruderals which invade sown swards are continuously present in large numbers in the buried seed population; exceptions to this appear to be Lolium perenne, Festuca ovina and Bromus erectus. Results of experiments indicate that there is a mechanism whereby the buried seeds of such species as Holcus lanatus and Rumex obtusifolius are enabled to germinate only under gaps in the turf caused by poaching or damage from grass-cutting equipment. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Abstract of (paper given at:) Amenity Grass Research, a Discussion Meeting for UK Research Workers. Liverpool University, Dec. 1976 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Thompson, K., and J. P. Grime. 1977. The incursion of native species into sown swards. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 53:p. 104-105. |
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