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DOI: | 10.2135/cropsci2013.10.0669 |
Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/54/3/1220 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/54/3/1220 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Macolino, Stefano;
Pignata, Guido;
Giolo, Maurizio;
Richardson, Michael D. |
Author Affiliation: | Macolino: Dep. of Agronomy Food Natural Resources Animals and Environment, Univ. of Padova; Pignata: Padana Sementi Elette s.r.l., Padova; Giolo: Centro di Sperimentazione e Certificazione delle Sementi (C.R.A.-S.C.S.), Verona, Italy; Richardson: Dep. of Horticulture, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
Title: | Species succession and turf quality of tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass mixtures as affected by mowing height |
Section: | Turfgrass science Other records with the "Turfgrass science" Section
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Source: | Crop Science. Vol. 54, No. 3, May/June 2014, p. 1220-1226. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, Wisconsin: Crop Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Related Web URL: | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/abstracts/54/3/1220 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Notes: Abstract only https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/54/3/1220?show-t-f=tables&wrapper=no Last checked: 11/07/2016 Notes: Tables only https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/54/3/1220?show-t-f=figures&wrapper=no Last checked: 11/07/2016 Notes: Figures only |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Establishment; Festuca arundinacea; Poa pratensis; Polystand; Species trials
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Abstract/Contents: | "Mixtures of turfgrass species are commonly used throughout the world when establishing cool-season grasses from seed. However, there have been limited studies investigating how various species compete with each other as the turf matures. A study was conducted in Padova, Italy, to investigate the performance and species composition of four mixtures that contained a single cultivar of Kentucky bluegrass (KB; Poa pratensis L.) and two rhizomatous or two nonrhizomatous tall fescue (TF; Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) cultivars. The trial was seeded in September 2010. Three mowing heights (20, 32, and 62 mm) were also applied to all the mixtures. General turfgrass performance of the mixtures was monitored through the 2011 growing season, and species composition was measured regularly to determine the abundance of both species in the mixture. Throughout the study, the mixtures containing the rhizomatous TF consistently had higher turfgrass quality and turfgrass density than mixtures containing the nonrhizomatous types. Mowing height had less effect on the performance of the mixtures, but the lower mowing heights (20 and 32 mm) performed more consistently than the plots mowed at the highest (62 mm) mowing height. Species composition of the mixtures was significantly influenced by the different TF cultivars, in that KB was less abundant in mixtures containing rhizomatous TF cultivars compared to nonrhizomatous cultivars, suggesting an increased competitive ability of rhizomatous TF lines. Mowing height also influenced the species composition, in that KB was significantly more abundant at lower mowing heights." |
Language: | English |
References: | 24 |
Note: | Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Macolino, S., G. Pignata, M. Giolo, and M. D. Richardson. 2014. Species succession and turf quality of tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass mixtures as affected by mowing height. Crop Sci. 54(3):p. 1220-1226. |
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| DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.10.0669 |
| Web URL(s): https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/54/3/1220 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/pdfs/54/3/1220 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
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