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Publication Type:
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Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
Author(s): | Carr, Tyler;
Karcher, Douglas E.;
Richardson, Michael D.;
O'Brien, Daniel P. |
Author Affiliation: | Carr, Karcher, and Richardson: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; O'Brien: Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR |
Title: | Determining the water requirements of two Kentucky bluegrass cultivars under deficit irrigation |
Section: | C05 turfgrass science Other records with the "C05 turfgrass science" Section
Turfgrass management and ecology poster (Includes student competition) Other records with the "Turfgrass management and ecology poster (Includes student competition)" Section
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Meeting Info.: | Baltimore, Maryland: November 4-7, 2018 |
Source: | ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings. 2018, p. 112332. |
Publishing Information: | [Madison, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Canadian Society of Agronomy] |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of cultivar; Drought resistance; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation frequency; Lysimeters; Poa pratensis; Soil texture; Water use efficiency; Water use rate
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Abstract/Contents: | "Turfgrasses provide many functional, environmental, and aesthetic benefits, but many perceive lawns as only a visual benefit that requires significant water inputs. The use of drought resistant grasses and deficit irrigation practices can reduce water use without sacrificing lawn quality, but a lawns irrigation requirement may vary by soil texture or irrigation frequency. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of cultivar selection, soil texture, irrigation frequency and volume on the quality and water use of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) lawn turf. Two Kentucky bluegrass cultivars (Mallard and Geronimo), two soil textures (silt loam and loamy sand), two irrigation frequencies (1 and 3x weekly), and two irrigation volumes (40 and 80% reference evapotranspiration) were evaluated in a complete factorial field lysimeter experiment. Lysimeters were weighed prior to irrigation, and actual evapotranspiration was calculated between successive lysimeter weighing events. Lawn quality was determined by evaluating green turf coverage weekly. Lysimeters replacing 80% reference evapotranspiration 3x weekly resulted in greater coverage in September, whereas irrigation frequency affected coverage at 40% reference evapotranspiration replacement on two dates in September. Lysimeters replacing 80% reference evapotranspiration used 1.8x more water than 40% reference evapotranspiration in late August and September. Water use was significantly affected by soil texture, with lysimeters containing silt loam and loamy sand using 2.4 and 2.3 cm per week, respectively." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | See also related article "Kentucky bluegrass water requirements under deficit irrigation" Golf Course Management, 87(5) May 2019, p. 73, R=305367. R=305367 |
Note: | This item is an abstract only! "Poster Number: 1258" |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Carr, T., D. E. Karcher, M. D. Richardson, and D. P. O'Brien. 2018. Determining the water requirements of two Kentucky bluegrass cultivars under deficit irrigation. Agron. Abr. p. 112332. |
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