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| Web URL(s): | https://gsr.lib.msu.edu/article/nus-report-6-8-12.pdf
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Nus, Jeff |
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| Author Affiliation: | Manager, USGA Research Program |
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| Title: | Report card for turfgrasses: The turf industry depends on the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) to grade the performance of new and existing turfgrass cultivars |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 50, No. 12, June 8 2012, p. 1-2. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, New Jersey: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Cultivar improvement; Evaluative methods; Leaf texture; Low maintenance; National Turfgrass Evaluation Program; Organization profile; Quality evaluation; Regional variation; Research funding; Selective breeding; Turfgrass industry; Variety trials
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP), whose "goal has been to coordinate a nationwide network of universities to grade and report the performance of new and existing turfgrass cultivars" of both warm and cool season grasses. Explains that "NTEP trials compare the quality and other performance measurements of experimental and commercial turfgrass cultivars at several locations across the nation and report this information to turfgrass breeders, seed producers, and interested end-users." Details the NTEP's experimentation and evaluation process including entrance fees for seed producers and how the trials are conducted at multiple regional locations in order to more accurately evaluate important growth factors such as temperature and soil type. Lists evaluation criteria such as color, density, mowing quality, and leaf texture, and states that "what is needed now is improvement in drought tolerance, salt tolerance, specific disease resistance, traffic tolerance, and low maintenance, while keeping the high aesthetic quality." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in Golf Course Management, 81(10) October 2013, p. 72, 74, 76 with shortened title, "A turfgrass report card"
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Nus, J. 2012. Report card for turfgrasses: The turf industry depends on the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) to grade the performance of new and existing turfgrass cultivars. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 50(12):p. 1-2. |
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