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| Web URL(s): | http://turf.rutgers.edu/research/abstracts/symposium2009.pdf#page=26
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Kopec, David M. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona |
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| Title: | Growth habit evaluation of inland saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) for potential domestication as a new turf species |
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| Section: | Plenary presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | New Brunswick, NJ: January 12, 2009 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Rutgers TurfgrassSymposium. 2009, p. 25. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Turfgrass Science, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Growth habit; Distichlis spicata; Quality evaluation; Cultivar evaluation
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Inland saltgrass is a native C4 grass which, as a true halophyte, tolerates high soil salinity, alkalinity or both. It is dioecious and produces robust rhizomes deep in the soil. Collections of clonal plant accessions were initially made on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains where this grass is often maintained as an unidentified natural turf on roadsides, parks and, on occasion, golf courses. One hundred accessions of saltgrass were mowed three times per week at 5.5 cm as replicated propagules in two greenhouse trials. Test 1 was conducted using a soiless media, while test 2 utilized a medium sand irrigated with a 12,000 ppm of a 1/2 strength Hoagland solution and sodium chloride. Clones were evaluated for number of shoots per plant, visual estimates of innate density, leaf width, percent pot cover, turfgrass quality, color and percent straw retention of the foliage. Estimates of Broad Sense Heritability (BSH; Repeatability) were calculated from the combined analysis of variance using the formula BSH = Vg / (Vg + Vg *Ve + Ve) where Vg, Ve, and Ve * Vg are estimates of the genetic environment and interaction variance components derived from expected mean squares, respectively. BSH values for percent pot cover and visual plant density were greater in the saline environment. Leaf angle and the presence of leaf hairs were not phenotypically correlated with growth habit. About 10% of the screened collection proved to have had high shoot densities and short leaf internodes, which produced a more attractive turf-type growth habit. Plant growth habit was not related clone sex type." |
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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):
Kopec, D. M. 2009. Growth habit evaluation of inland saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) for potential domestication as a new turf species. Proc. Annu. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. p. 25. |
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