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| Web URL(s): | http://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2006may18.pdf
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| Author(s): | Huang, Bingru |
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| Author Affiliation: | Professor, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University |
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| Title: | Managing Kentucky blue against summer stress |
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| Section: | Field science
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| Source: | SportsTurf. Vol. 26[22], No. 5, May 2006, p. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. |
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| Publishing Information: | Chicago, IL: Bev-Al Communications (m2media360) |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Poa pratensis; Heat stress; Water requirements; Dormancy; Water availability; Drought stress; Rhizomes; Plant growth regulators; Senescence; Nitrogen fertilization; Mowing height
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses Kentucky bluegrass maintenance during the summer, suggesting methods to prevent summer stress. States that "Kentucky bluegrass generally undergoes dormancy during severe summer stress that increases the chance of turf survival, but substantially lowers turf quality." Provides potential management strategies, including that "using stress tolerant cultivars is the primary means for improving turf performance of Kentucky bluegrass in hot and dry environments"; "keeping mowing heights at highest level allowed to promote plant tolerance to both drought and heat"; "using growth inhibitors and anti-transpirants for water conservation and delaying drought stress injury in water-limiting environments"; and "maintaining adequate fertility could alleviate stress injury." Discusses plant growth regulators (PGRs), stating that they have "been found to protect plants from drought damage by inducing stomatal closure and reducing water loss through transpiration, which is considered as anti-transpirants." Concludes that "simultaneous drought and heat stress could cause permanent physiological damage for Kentucky bluegrass, particularly for stress-sensitive cultivars. Irrigation [is] essential for physiological recovery from the combined stress, regardless of temperature conditions." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Summertime Blues
Other items relating to: Disasters - Drought |
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| Note: | Includes sidebar, "Management strategies for Kentucky bluegrass", p. 20
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Huang, B. 2006. Managing Kentucky blue against summer stress. SportsTurf. 26[22](5):p. 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. |
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