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Author(s):Wu, Lin; Torres, Armando
Author Affiliation:Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis
Title:Effects of tall fescue turf on growth and nitrogen fixation potential of the woody legume Lupinus albifrons
Source:Plant and Soil. Vol. 128, No. 2, November 1990, p. 199-208.
Publishing Information:Dordrecht, Netherland: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Related Web URL:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00011110
    Last checked: 10/14/2015
    Notes: Abstract only
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Festuca arundinacea; Lupinus albifrons; Nitrogen fixation
Abstract/Contents:"The effect of tall fescue turf on growth, flowering, nodulation, and nitrogen fixing potential of Lupinus albifrons Benth. was examined for greenhouse and field grown plants. No allelopathic effect was observed for lupine plants treated with tall fescue leachates. The nitrogen-fixing potential measured by module dry weight and acetylene reduction rates was not significantly affected by tall fescue turf. Both the greenhouse and field studies showed that the growth, sexual reproductive allocation and number of inflorescences were significantly reduced when lupine plants were grown with tall fescue. The root-length densities of tall fescue turf and lupine monoculture were measured. The tall fescue turf had 20 times higher root-length density (20 cm cm-3 soil) than the lupine plant monoculture. This suggests that intense competition at the root zone may be a dominant factor which limits the growth of the lupine plants. The flowering characters of the lupine plants were improved by phosphorus fertilization. Transplanting of older lupine plants into the turf substantially alleviated the tall fescue turf competitive effect."
Language:English
References:27
Note:Tables
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Wu, L., and A. Torres. 1990. Effects of tall fescue turf on growth and nitrogen fixation potential of the woody legume Lupinus albifrons. Plant Soil. 128(2):p. 199-208.
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