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Author(s):Rimi, F.; Macolino, S.
Author Affiliation:Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Italy
Title:Mixing warm-season turf species with red fescue (Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra) in a transition zone environment
Source:European Journal of Horticultural Science. Vol. 79, No. 3, 2014, p. 167-174.
Publishing Information:Stuttgart, Germany: Eugen Ulmer KG
# of Pages:8
Related Web URL:http://www.pubhort.org/ejhs/2014/4341606.htm
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    Notes: Abstract only
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Choice of cultivar; Climatic factors; Cultivar evaluation; Cynodon; Cynodon dactylon; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Overseeding; Polystand; Transition zone; Warm season turfgrasses; Zoysia
Abstract/Contents:"Turf managers and home lawn owners are often discouraged from using warm-season turf species in the transitional zones of Europe because they undergo dormancy during winter and lose colour up to five months. These issues may be addressed by mixing cool-season species together with warm-season turfgrasses. However, there is a lack of information on performances and dynamics of species succession in such turfgrass mixtures. Therefore, a two-year study was carried out at Padova University (Northeastern Italy) to test the effects of overseeding red fescue in bermudagrass and zoysiagrass cultivars on turf quality and species succession in the mixtures. In September 2011, red fescue 'Corail' (FRR) was overseeded at a 50 g m-2 rate on mature turfgrass plots of eight Cynodon dactylon (CD) cultivars and Zoysia japonica 'Companion' (ZJ). Monostands of CD 'Princess-77' and FRR were established for comparison purposes. Turf quality was estimated visually every other week and the frequencies of species in the mixtures were determined every month using a point-intercept method, by recording species in 10-cm segments of four lines of 1 m each. With the exception of summer, CD 'Princess-77' monostand had the lowest visual turf quality in comparison to all the mixtures tested. Significant differences were also observed among mixtures, with zoysiagrass-red fescue polystand showing the most important decline in turf quality from one year to the next. The two best performing mixtures (CD 'Contessa' + FRR and CD 'Yukon' + FRR) were characterized by high frequency of CD (i.e., average ā‰„ 82 %) and intermediate frequency of FRR (i.e., average = 82-88 %). The results of this study suggest that the choice of species and cultivar plays a key role for establishing functional mixtures of warm-season grasses with red fescue in a transitional zone environment."
Language:English
References:34
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Rimi, F., and S. Macolino. 2014. Mixing warm-season turf species with red fescue (Festuca rubra L. ssp. rubra) in a transition zone environment. European Journal of Horticultural Science. 79(3):p. 167-174.
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