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Web URL(s): | https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2023am/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/150763 Last checked: 12/01/2023 |
Publication Type:
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Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
Author(s): | Romero, Juan Ramon;
Koo, Daewon;
Askew, Shawn D.;
Goatley, James M.;
Brewer, John;
Goncalves, Clebson Gomes;
Peppers, John |
Author Affiliation: | Romero: Presenting Author and Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Koo: Blacksburg, VA; Askew and Brewer: Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Goatley: School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Goncalves: Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of California, Ukiah, CA; Peppers: Crop, Soil and Environmenal Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA |
Title: | Influence of management intensity and turfgrass species on floral density of a bulb lawn |
Section: | Turf management and ecology poster (includes student competition) Other records with the "Turf management and ecology poster (includes student competition)" Section
C05 turfgrass science Other records with the "C05 turfgrass science" Section
211 Other records with the "211" Section
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Meeting Info.: | St. Louis, Missouri: October 29-November 1, 2023 |
Source: | ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting. 2023, p. 150763. |
Publishing Information: | [Madison, Wisconsin]: [American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America] |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Abstract/Contents: | ""Bulb lawns" include a polyculture of managed turfgrass and spring-flowering, bulb plants. Bulb plants used for this purpose typically evolved in alpine locations that have compressed growing seasons. Thus, these plants emerge from dormancy, provide a spring floral display, and reenter dormancy in the span of a few months in early spring predominately before turfgrass reaches optimal growth. Few research studies have investigated factors, such as fertility programs or turfgrass species, that influence incorporation of flowering bulbs into managed turfgrass systems. The objective of this study is to evaluate the influence of turf species, fertility program, and bulb-plant species on floral density under management as a bulb lawn. Studies were conducted at two sites in Blacksburg, VA and each conducted for four years. Study design was a RCBD split plot with two turf species by five fertility treatments as factorially arranged main plots and seven bulb species as subplots. At initiation in fall of 2019 or 2020, depending on trial site, tall fescue turf was cut to remove sod, 10 bulbs were arranged in each subplot in random order using a custom jig, and sod was replaced with either tall fescue or fine fescue randomly in each block for a total of ten main plots. The flowering bulb species had average cumulative blooms m-2 in four years from greatest to least in the following order: C. tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant' (165), N. jonquilla 'Baby Moon' (62), C. chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty' (41), Iris histroides 'Katherine Hodgkin' (21), Muscari azureum 'Grape Hyacinth' (17), Muscari azureum 'Venus' (17), and Narcissus ssp. 'Rip Van Winkle' (5). Increasing phosphorous and/or using plant growth regulator to suppress turf growth increased bloom density of Cream Beauty and Baby Moon. Fine fescue suppressed blooms compared to tall fescue for Ruby Giant, Venus, Baby Moon, and Katherine Hodgkin." |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
See Also: | Related item appears in Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Weed Science Society of America, 2022, p. 191, R=329485. R=329485 |
Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Romero, J. R., D. Koo, S. D. Askew, J. M. Goatley, J. Brewer, C. G. Goncalves, et al. 2023. Influence of management intensity and turfgrass species on floral density of a bulb lawn. Agron. Abr. p. 150763. |
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