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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Selecting strains of Bermuda grass |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 10, No. 3, March 1930, p. 54. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We are considering the substitution of grass greens for our sand greens and are wondering whether it would be practicable for this purpose to make use of a local strain of Bermuda grass. In an experimental way we have just put into play a green which we have sodded with a local strain." |
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| Source of Question: | Mexico |
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| Answer/Response: | "There are numerous strains of Bermuda grass, but since there has been little experimental work done so far on individual strains the different strains are not named, except in a general way. In Atlanta, Ga., fine strains were selected and were all called the Atlanta strain. This name indicates no strain in particular, but is generally considered to refer to any fine stain. Giant Bermuda grass, on the other hand, is spoken of when referring to one of the coarser strains. The St. Lucie strain of Bermuda grass is found in Florida and is slightly different from other strains in that it produces no underground rootstocks but spreads entirely by stolons above ground. Pure seed of the St. Lucie strain is not available. From Bermuda seed on the market many different strains of Bermuda grass may be produced. Golf courses in the South should maintain nurseries of Bermuda grass grown from seed, and when particularly fine strains appear, or strains suitable for particular purposes, they should be isolated and planted in separate nurseries. Cuttings from these could then be used for planting putting greens or for other purposes. Certain strains of creeping bent were originally developed in this manner. If particulary fine patches of Bermuda grass are developed on your putting green from one source or another, it would be well to dig up the sod and plant nurseries from them in the manner recommended for planting creeping bent nurseries as described in various numbers of the Bulletin. Such a nursery would, in time, furnish material from which to plant all putting greens with a uniform strain of fine Bermuda grass." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of cultivar; Climatic factors; Cultivar variation; Cynodon; Golf green construction; Recommendations; Turfgrass nursery
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1930. Selecting strains of Bermuda grass. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 10(3):p. 54. |
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