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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Shildrick, J. P. |
Author Affiliation: | Sport and Turf Research Institute, Bingley, BD16 1AU, UK |
Title: | Mixtures and seed rates for sod production |
Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 58, June 1982, p. 76-95. |
Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
# of Pages: | 20 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Seeds; Mixtures; Agrostis castellana; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Poa pratensis; Utilization; Seeding
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Geographic Terms: | UK |
Abstract/Contents: | In a trial on a sandy soil the quality and strength of sod grown from 25 different seed-mixture and seed-rate combinations were assessed. Eight mixtures of bent, fescue and smooth-stalked meadow-grass, sown at 3 different rates, were compared with a commercial mixture for medium-textured sod. At 15-months the trial was sampled for sod strength tests with a specially built machine. The best treatment gave 40% stronger sod than the worst, though neither was significantly different from the commercial mixture. Of the 8 experimental mixtures, theoretically the best was the one consisting entirely of rhizomatous cvs, i.e. 10% browntop bent (Agrostis castellana) cv. Highland, 40% slender creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra ssp. litoralis) cv. Dawson and 50% smooth-stalked meadow-grass (Poa pratensis) cv. Baron. Seed-rate (112, 168 or 224 kg/ha) had no marked influence; the highest was best during establishment but the lowest gave slightly stronger sod. |
Language: | English |
References: | 6 |
Note: | Figures Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Shildrick, J. P. 1982. Mixtures and seed rates for sod production. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 58:p. 76-95. |
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