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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Bigelow, Cale A. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
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| Title: | Comparison of fairway grass species options for the cool-humid region |
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| Section: | C05 turfgrass science
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| Meeting Info.: | Minneapolis, Minnesota: November 15-18, 2015 |
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| Source: | ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings. 2015, p. 93762. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Milwaukee, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy and the Entomological Society of America] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Cultivar variation; Cynodon dactylon; Golf fairways; Low maintenance turf; Poa pratensis; Poa pratensis X Poa arachnifera; Resistance; Variety trials; Zoysia japonica
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| Cultivar Names: | Meyer; Riviera; Thermal Blue; Touche |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Golf course managers are continually seeking grasses and management systems to help reduce maintenance inputs, especially supplemental irrigation while still providing persistent, high quality playing surfaces. In the cool-humid region and most of the transition zone there are numerous cool and warm-season species options. In recent years turf breeders have introduced more heat tolerant and cold hardy cultivars and expanding the potential range of use for both cool and warm-season grasses. This four-year field study in West Lafayette, IN evaluated 20 species and cultivars for fairway use at either 12 or 20 mm cutting heights. These grasses were grown in full-sun on a silt-loam soil with minimal inputs; no supplemental irrigation beyond the establishment period, 98 kg N ha-1 yr-1 and no fungicide or insecticide applications. After four growing seasons there was no truly "perfect" turf species, each had weaknesses. For example, the three warm-season grasses, 'Meyer' zoysiagrass and 'Riviera'/'Quickstand' bermudagrass all had exceptional performance in an extremely dry 2012 summer but suffered substantial winter-kill during winter 2013-2014. There were however some promising options which include: 'Touche' and 'Thermal Blue' Kentucky bluegrass, and some turf-type tall fescues. Future studies should evaluate additional cultivars, novel species mixtures (e.g. cold-hardy bermudagrass + turf-type tall fescue or Kentucky bluegrass) for their ability to provide a persistent low-maintenance fairway surface as well as their ability to tolerate simulated cart traffic and programs to minimize annual bluegrass encroachment." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only!
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bigelow, C. A. 2015. Comparison of fairway grass species options for the cool-humid region. Agron. Abr. p. 93762. |
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