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| Author(s): | Green, Robert, L. |
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| Author Affiliation: | University of California-Riverside |
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| Title: | Improvement of the spring transition of overseeded bermudagrass putting greens: A two-year project funded by the hi-lo desert GCSA |
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| Column Name: | Research
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| Section: | Features
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| Source: | California Fairways. Vol. 8, No. 1, January/February 1999, p. 12. |
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| Publishing Information: | Arlington Heights,IL: Adams Business Media, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Spring transition; Cynodon; Golf greens; Cultural methods; Plant growth regulators; Scalping; Seeding rate; Developmental stages
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| Abstract/Contents: | Compares "treatments related to fall renovation and overseeding" of bermudagrass putting greens and their effects on the spring transition of overseeded to monostands of bemudagrass. "The fall applied renovation treatments included the following chemical treatments (Reward, Primo at two different rates, and none); two scalping level treatments ("stubble" = 41% bermudagrass green coverage on the day of scalping and "dirt" = 2%); and two seed rate treatments (40 lb perennial ryegrass + 10 lb Poa trivialis/1000 ft2 and 25 lb perennial ryegrass + 10 lb Poa trivialis/1000 ft2)." Results showed a pattern in green-up and coverage with three phases that were observed regardless of treatments; initial, lag, and actual transition. Initial bermudagrass greenup phase started in mid to late February and mean bermudagrass coverage increased from 18 to 34%. The lag phase started in mid to late March and mean bermudagrass coveraged remained relatively constant ot 36%. The actual transition phase occurred when coverage jumped from 50 to 92% over the span of 8 weeks in starting in mid May. "All of the fall applied chemical, scalping, and overseed treatments did not affect the amount of bermudagrass coverage in the following spring and summer, during the two-year study." It is hypothesized that this is due to the fact "that fall and winter temperaures in the Coachella Valley are relatively mild" so "there is little if any freezing plant stress to act as a synergist with stress-related renovation and overseeding treatments." Future research will hopefully be directed towards "developing spring-applied cultural practices and their timing to improve bermudagrass transition." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 2 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: P G Rs 1997-2006 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Green, R. L. 1999. Improvement of the spring transition of overseeded bermudagrass putting greens: A two-year project funded by the hi-lo desert GCSA. Calif. Fairways. 8(1):p. 12. |
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