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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
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| Title: | "Environment" impacts public turf breeding programs |
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| Source: | Seed World. Vol. 133, No. 9, August 1995, p. 9. |
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| Publishing Information: | Des Plaines, IL: Scranton Gillette Communications. |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Turfgrass industry; Seed industry; Seed production; Breeding; Breeding program; Environmental factors; Variety trials; Futures; Low maintenance; Stress factors; Seed yield; Turfgrass quality; Poa pratensis; Poa annua; Fine fescues; Bouteloua dactyloides; Cynodon
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| Abstract/Contents: | Terry Riordan, professor of turf breeding at the University of Nebraska and David Huff, assistant professor in Turfgrass Breeding and Genetics at Penn State University discuss the efforts at each of their universities to develop new varieties of turfgrasses in response to the public's concerns for the environment. Riordan and his turfgrass science team's objective "is to develop water- and energy- efficient grasses and management systems." Huff is currently working on Kentucky bluegrass, annual bluegrass (Poa annua ssp. reptans) and fine fescues. "We're breeding for increased seed yield and improved stress tolerance (heat, drought, disease) of high quality turf-types and for improved turf quality of the high seed-yielding common types." They also predict the future market of turfgrass breeding. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, b/w |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 1995. "Environment" impacts public turf breeding programs. Seed World. 133(9):p. 9. |
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