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| DOI: | 10.21273/HORTTECH.17.3.353 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/17/3/article-p353.xml?rskey=UzeyLI
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Ray, Walter F.;
Picchioni, Geno A.;
VanLeeuwen, Dawn M.;
Goss, Ryan M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Ray: Graduate Student; Picchioni and Goss: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences; VanLeeuwen: Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico |
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| Title: | First-year response of turf-type tall fescue cultivars to different fertilization rates and mowing heights in semiarid conditions |
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| Section: | Preliminary and regional reports
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| Source: | HortTechnology. Vol. 17, No. 3, July-September 2007, p. 353-357. |
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| Publishing Information: | Alexandria, VA: American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cool season turfgrasses; Festuca arundinacea; Desert climate; Fertilization rates; Mowing height; Cultural methods; Phosphorus; Potassium; Nitrogen; Semiarid climates; Variety trials; Establishment
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) has desirable attributes as a cool-season turfgrass for the semiarid southwestern United States and the transition zone, but effects of cultural practices on newer cultivars within a desert climate are not adequately known. A field study was conducted between Sept. 1996 and Nov. 1997 to evaluate establishment of 15 turf-type tall fescue cultivars under two mowing heights (2 or 3 inches) and two different annual nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) application rates (N at 13.2 or 26.4 g·m-2, P at 0.9 or 1.8 g·m-2, and K at 11.0 or 22.0 g·m-2). The cultivars included 'Amigo', 'Apache', 'Aztec', 'Bonanza', 'Chieftain', 'Cochise', 'Confederate', 'Coronado', 'Crossfire II', 'Falcon', 'Guardian', 'Kentucky 31', 'Leprechaun', 'Shortstop', and 'Virtue'. The fertilizer rate had no effect on turfgrass quality ratings throughout the establishment period, although overall quality was higher in Fall 1997 than during Spring and Summer 1997. The mowing height of 2 inches increased summer quality ratings of 11 of the 15 cultivars as compared with ratings under the 3-inch mowing height. The 2-inch mowing height improved fall quality ratings of seven of the 15 cultivars. No cultivars responded positively to the 3-inch mowing height. Consistently high summer through fall quality ratings were observed when 'Apache', 'Aztec', and 'Crossfire II' were mowed at the 2-inch height as compared with the other cultivar × mowing height treatment combinations. For turf-type tall fescue establishment in semiarid climates, findings support use of a 2-inch mowing height combined with the selective planting of 'Apache', 'Aztec', and 'Crossfire II' over other cultivar x mowing height combinations tested in the study." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 18 |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Ray, W. F., G. A. Picchioni, D. A. VanLeeuwen, and R. M. Goss. 2007. First-year response of turf-type tall fescue cultivars to different fertilization rates and mowing heights in semiarid conditions. HortTechnology. 17(3):p. 353-357. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/HORTTECH.17.3.353 |
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