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| Web URL(s): | https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2020am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/128137
Last checked: 09/12/2023 |
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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Patton, Aaron J.;
Braun, Ross C.;
Watkins, Eric;
Mihelich, Nicole T.;
Hollman, Andrew |
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| Author Affiliation: | Patton: Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Braun: Lead Research Scholar, Dept Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Watkins: Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN; Mihelich: Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN; Hollman: Research Scientist, Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
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| Title: | Effect of seeding rate and nitrogen fertility on the production, quality, shelf-life, and harvest limitations of low-input sod |
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| Section: | Turfgrass management and ecology poster (includes student competition)
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| Meeting Info.: | San Antonio, Texas: November 9-13, 2020 |
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| Source: | ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. November 2020, p. 128137. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Madison, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America] |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Sod is an important specialty crop used to prevent soil erosion and to create greenspace. New regulations aimed at reducing soil erosion and changing building and residential codes are increasing sod demand, especially low-input species, which are currently in very short supply. However, further research is required to identify agronomic solutions to overcome challenges of low-input sod production. Field experiments were established in 2018 in West Lafayette, IN and St. Paul, MN data was collected through 2020 with the objective to quantify the effect of seeding rate, nitrogen fertility, and turfgrass species on the production, quality, shelf-life and harvest limitations of low-input sod. Four turfgrass species [strong creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra ssp. rubra), Chewings fescue (F. rubra ssp. commutata), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea; syn. Schedonorus arundinaceus), and Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)], three seeding rates (1, 2, and 3 PLS cm-2), and three annual nitrogen fertilization regimes (98, 196, 294 kg N ha-1) were investigated. In addition to turf quality and cover data, data was collected at multiple sod harvest timings of 11, 12, 14, 20, and 22 mo after planting to quantify sod tensile strength, sod handling, and shelf-life. Results from the sod harvests in both Indiana and Minnesota indicated the majority of these species will produce quality sod. Sod tensile strength and sod handling data analysis revealed differences in sod strength among turf species and that seeding rate and fertilizer rate had a minimal impact on sod strength. Thus, sod growers may be able to seed at lower rates and/or fertilize with less nitrogen, but still yield sod with good sod strength. Furthermore, strong creeping red fescue, and at times Kentucky bluegrass, produced the highest sod strength in this experiment at all harvest timings." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 3 |
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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):
Patton, A. J., R. C. Braun, E. Watkins, N. T. Mihelich, and A. Hollman. 2020. Effect of seeding rate and nitrogen fertility on the production, quality, shelf-life, and harvest limitations of low-input sod. Agron. Abr. p. 128137. |
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