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Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/gcman/article/1998mar49.pdf Last checked: 09/30/2008 Requires: PDF Reader |
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Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Beard, James B. |
Author Affiliation: | President and Chief Scientist, International Sports Turf Institute, and Professor Emeritus, Turfgrass Science, Texas A&M University |
Title: | The origins of turfgrass species: Before spiked shoes and triplex mowers, hooves and teeth shaped the grasses we play on |
Column Name: | Science for the golf course Other records with the "Science for the golf course" Column
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Section: | Research Other records with the "Research" Section
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Source: | Golf Course Management. Vol. 66, No. 3, March 1998, p. 49-55. |
Publishing Information: | Lawrence, KS: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America |
# of Pages: | 7 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Evolution; Cool season turfgrasses; Warm season turfgrasses; History; Adaptation; Grasslands
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Abstract/Contents: | Summarizes the evolutionary history of turfgrasses, with emphasis on the relationship between the evolution of a species and its growing requirements. Both cool-season turfgrasses (Agrostis, Festuca, Lolium, and Poa) and warm-season turfgrasses (Cynodon, Pennisetum, Paspalum, Zoysia, Eremochloa, Stenotaphrum, Axonopus, Buchloe, and Bouteloua) are discussed. |
Language: | English |
References: | 10 |
Note: | Includes sidebar, "Native vs. naturalized grasses", 55 Pictures, color Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Beard, J. B. 1998. The origins of turfgrass species: Before spiked shoes and triplex mowers, hooves and teeth shaped the grasses we play on. Golf Course Manage. 66(3):p. 49-55. |
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