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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Newenhouse, Astrid C.;
Dana, Malcolm N. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Dept. of Hort., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
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| Title: | Grass Living Mulch for Strawberries |
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| Source: | Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Vol. 114, No. 6, November 1989, p. 859-862. |
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| Publishing Information: | Westport, CT: AVI Publishing Co. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lolium perenne; Poa pratensis; Triticum aestivum; Weed control; Cultural methods; Mulches
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| Abstract/Contents: | "'Sparkle' and 'Honeoye' strawberries (Fragaria xananassa Duchesne) were planted into plots of newly seede perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), or no grass. After a 1985 windstorm during the green fruit stage, yield was higher in living mulch plots than in control plots and fruit from control plots were small and dark relative to those from the ryegrass plots. In 1986, all plots had similar yields. All plants grew at similar rates during the establishment year. Later, strawberry plants in living mulch plots had smaller leaves than plants in control plots. Plants in all treatments contained above the critical concentrations of leaf N on most sampling dates. Soil under grass was less compacted and was cooler than cultivated soil. Living mulch prevented annual weed establishment after the first and improved winter survival of flower buds. A tillering type of ryegrass was the best living mulch of the three species tested. It quickly covered the ground but did not spread into the crop rows, and grew tall enough to afford wind protection." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 20 |
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| Note: | Tables |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Newenhouse, A. C., and M. N. Dana. 1989. Grass Living Mulch for Strawberries. J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 114(6):p. 859-862. |
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