Full TGIF Record # 262707
Item 1 of 1
Publication Type:
i
Report
Author(s):Pittenger, D. R.; Hodel, Donald R.; Shaw, David A.
Author Affiliation:Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA
Title:Relative water requirements of six ground-cover species
Section:Abstracts: Colloquia, workshops, contributed papers (oral and poster)
Other records with the "Abstracts: Colloquia, workshops, contributed papers (oral and poster)" Section
Meeting Info.:Tucson, Arizona: November 4-8, 1990
Source:HortScience. Vol. 25, No. 9, September 1990, p. 1085.
Publishing Information:Alexandria, Virginia: American Society for Horticultural Science
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Aesthetic values; Evapotranspiration-based irrigation; Ground cover; Irrigation requirements
Abstract/Contents:"Non-turf ground-covers occupy a significant portion of the landscape, and understanding their water requirements is important when water conservationism being practiced. Six groundcover species (Baccharis pilularis 'Twin Peaks', Drosanthemum hispidum, Vinca major Gazania hybrid, Potentilla tabernaemontani and Hedera helix 'Needlepoint') representing a range of observed water needs were evaluated under different levels of irrigation based on percentages of real-time reference evapotranspiration. Treatments of 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of ETO were applied during 1989 while treatments of 50%, 40%, 30% and 20% of ETO were applied during 1990. Plant performance ratings in the first year indicated that 50% of ETO was the minimum treatment which resulted in acceptable plan aesthetics for all species except for Drosanthemum which performed equally well at each treatment. Significant differences in performance did occur among and within species at the different treatments. Results from 1990 will reveal which species might maintain aesthetic appearance at irrigation levels between 50% and 20% of ETO. These results will be presented and discussed in terms of their significance to species selection and total landscape irrigation management."
Language:English
References:0
Note:This item is an abstract only!
ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Pittenger, D. R., D. R. Hodel, and D. A. Shaw. 1990. Relative water requirements of six ground-cover species. HortScience. 25(9):p. 1085.
Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=262707
If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 262707.
Choices for finding the above item:
Find Item @ MSU
MSU catalog number: b2217685a
Find from within TIC:
   Digitally in TIC by record number.
Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record)