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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Beard, James B.;
Sifers, Sam I.;
Menn, Wallace G. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Texas A&M University, College Station |
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| Title: | Cultural strategies for seashore paspalum |
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| Source: | Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 26, No. 8, August 1991, p. 32,62. |
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| Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: INTERTEC Publishing Corporation |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Paspalum vaginatum; Warm season turfgrasses; Salt tolerance
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| Abstract/Contents: | Seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) aka Adalayd arrived from Australia in the early 1970's. Adalayd's strongest attribute is tolerance to saline soil and water conditions. In native habitats, seashore paspalum grows along coasts and in brackish sands near tropical waters. It was established in extremely saline soils on the Texas Gulf Coast with good results. It formed an acceptable quality turf where even the most salt-tolerant bermudagrass cultivars could not persist. It forms a good quality, dark green turf comparable to that of improved hybrid bermudagrasses. It tolerates heat well. Drought resistance is excellent. It needs little fertilization. Its low-temperature hardiness is midrange. Establishment is by strictly vegetative techniques. Rooting depth is excellent, being comparable to St. Augustinegrass. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Beard, J. B., S. I. Sifers, and W. G. Menn. 1991. Cultural strategies for seashore paspalum. Grounds Maint. 26(8):p. 32,62. |
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