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| DOI: | 10.21273/HORTSCI.26.7.927 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/26/7/article-p927.xml?rskey=YDQtAt
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Fry, Jack D. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Horticulture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
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| Title: | Submersion tolerance of warm-season turfgrasses |
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| Source: | HortScience. Vol. 26, No. 7, July 1991, p. 927. |
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| Publishing Information: | St. Joseph, MI: American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Warm season turfgrasses; Flooding; Water stress
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| Abstract/Contents: | Little information is available on the submersion tolerance of turfgrasses. This research was done to compare the submersion tolerance of five warm-season turfgrasses commonly grown in Louisiana. Grasses evaluated were 'Meyer' zoysiagrass(Zoysia japonica Steud.), common centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.], 'Raleigh' and 'Floratam' St. Augustinegrass [Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze], 'Pensacola' bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flugge), and common bermudagrass. Before submersion grasses were fertilized with 50 kg N/ha and watered to prevent drought stress during establishment. Following a 6 to 8 week establishment period, columns were submerged in a large water tank filled with tap water. In an initial 93-day study the water tank was located in a fiberglass covered greenhouse; in a 55-day study, the water tank was located outside in a sunny location. Submersion injury was determined by harvesting green shoots at the end of each study, drying for 48 hours at 80 C and weighing. Relative shoot weights were calculated by dividing the shoot weight from turf in a submerged column by the mean shoot weight from four nonsubmerged columns of the same species. All grasses exhibited exceptional submersion tolerance, and only centipedegrass had no living shoots after 93 days of submersion in Study I. All grasses were living after 55 days of submersion when plants were harvested in Study II. Considering both tests, bermudagrass and bahiagrass had the best submersion tolerance. St. Augustinegrass and zoysiagrass exhibited intermediate tolerance, and centipedegrass had the poorest tolerance to submersion. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 4 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Disasters - Floods |
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| Note: | Table |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Fry, J. D. 1991. Submersion tolerance of warm-season turfgrasses. HortScience. 26(7):p. 927. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.26.7.927 |
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