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| Author(s): | Reiter, Maggie;
Friell, Josh;
Horgan, Brian;
Soldat, Douglas;
Watkins, Eric |
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| Author Affiliation: | Reiter: Univ. of California-Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA; Friell: The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN; Horgan and Watkins: Dep. of Horticultural Science, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Soldat: Dep. of Soil Science, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
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| Title: | Drought response of fine fescue mixtures maintained as a golf course fairway |
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| Section: | Conservation and environmental quality
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| Meeting Info.: | New Brunswick, New Jersey: July 16-21, 2017 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 13, 2017, p. [1-24]. |
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| Publishing Information: | s.l.: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 24 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar evaluation; Drought recovery; Drought resistance; Festuca arundinacea; Festuca ovina subsp. ovina; Festuca rubra subsp. commutata; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Festuca rubra subsp. trichophylla; Fine fescues; Golf fairways; Seed mixtures
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| Cultivar Names: | Treazure II; Beacon; Navigator II; Shoreline; Quatro |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Fine fescues may provide acceptable turf quality and playability on golf course fairways with lower irrigation inputs. Information on fine fescue fairways is limited and these species are not widely used as fairway turfgrass in the United States. The objective of this project was to evaluate the green cover of fine fescue species as fairway turfgrass under an acute drought and access their ability to recover. Twenty-five mixtures were developed with a simplex-centroid design using 'Treazure II' Chewings fescue [Festuca rubra ssp. commutata (Thuill.) Nyman], 'Beacon' hard fescue [Festuca trachyphylla (Hack.) Krajina], 'Navigator II' strong creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis (G.F.W. Meyer) Auquier], and 'Quatro' sheep fescue (Festuca ovina L.). Experiments were seeded in fall 2014 at both St. Paul, MN and Madison, WI. After 10 months of establishment, rainout shelters were used to employ a 60-day drought on each trial during summer 2015. Plots were not trafficked. Data collected included percent green cover as determined by digital image analysis. ANOVA indicated significant differences in mixture treatments, but means separation with Fisher's Protected LSD showed many monocultures performed generally similar to seed mixtures. A marginal effects summary revealed no differences among individual species, with one exception. Sheep fescue and slender creeping red fescue, when in the same mixture, had a negative interaction effect for recovery after drought. This interaction was significantly lower than the all five species coefficients included in the model, based on a 90% confidence interval. Overall, this study found that fine fescues are able to survive a 60-day drought period under North Central United States summer conditions." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 33 |
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| Note: | TIC-hosted web link available 2 years after publication date.
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Reiter, M., J. Friell, B. Horgan, D. Soldat, and E. Watkins. 2017. Drought response of fine fescue mixtures maintained as a golf course fairway. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 13:p. [1-24]. |
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