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| Author(s): | Bird, Geoff |
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| Author Affiliation: | Lecturer, Turf Management, Brisbane Tafe, Grovely Campus |
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| Title: | An introduction to warm season turfgrasses |
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| Source: | Golf & Sports Turf Australia. Vol. 7, No. 3, June 1999, p. 21-27. |
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| Publishing Information: | Mount Waverly, Australia: Glenvale Publications |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Warm season turfgrasses; Turfgrass profile; Cultivar profile; Life cycle; Cynodon; Cynodon dactylon; Cynodon transvaalensis; Pennisetum clandestinum; Digitaria didactyla; Stenotaphrum secundatum; Paspalum vaginatum; Zoysia; Dactyloctenium australe
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| Cultivar Names: | Tifgreen; Tifdwarf; Greenlees Park; Wintergreen |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Summarizes the life cycle of warm season turfgrasses and lists the major species used in Australia. Profiles several commonly used species and cultivars including Tifgreen and Tifdwarf (Cynodon hybrids), Greenlees Park couch and wintergreen couch (Cynodon dactylon), kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum), Queensland blue couch (Digitaria didactyla), buffalo grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) salt water couch (Paspalum vaginatum), zoysiagrasses (Zoysia spp.) and durban grass (Dactyloctenium australe). |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 8 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bird, G. 1999. An introduction to warm season turfgrasses. Golf Sports Turf Aust. 7(3):p. 21-27. |
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