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| Author(s): | Cereti, C. F.;
Rossini, F. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Università degli Studi della Tuscia - Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale, Via S. Camillo de' Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italia |
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| Title: | Effect of intensity and duration of shade on turfgrasses in a Mediterranean environment |
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| Section: | Physiology and ecology: Contributed papers
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| Meeting Info.: | Sydney, Australia: 1997 |
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| Source: | International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 8, No. Part 2, 1997, p. 1260-1266. |
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| Publishing Information: | Blacksburg, VA: International Turfgrass Society |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca arundinacea; Agrostis tenuis; Shade; Light intensity; Growth rate; Leaf area; Shoot density; Shade resistance
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| Geographic Terms: | Mediterranean |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "A trial was carried out to evaluate the possibility of employing two species of turfgrass (Festuca arundinacea Schreb. and Agrostis tenuis Sibith.) in a Mediterranean environment under different conditions of intensity and duration of sunshine. The trial had two levels of shade: 30% and 70%, and four shading periodicities (Treatment a: always exposed to sun; treatment b: exposed to sun six weeks in eight; treatment c: exposed to sun two weeks in eight; treeatment d: always shaded). The experimental design was a split-plot with three replications: the level of shade was obtained in the main plot by menas of frames covered with shade net differing in mesh size, and in the sub-plots the length of the periodical shade was achieved by shifting the frames fortnightly. The two species proved to be notably affected by a continuous large reduction (70%) in the sunlight available. With 70% shading, the effect of the length of reduction becomes significant, an alteration of periods of shade to sun of 1:4 (treatment b) allowed good growth for both species. However with 70 % shading and less favourable ratios of sun to shade periods, acceptable performance was not obtained except for F. arundinacea in the period of maximum sunshine intensity (May to August). The density of the sward was significantly lowered when it was covered continuously with 30% shading and also when it was covered for shorter periods with intense (70%) shading." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 3 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: SHADEC |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Cereti, C. F., and F. Rossini. 1997. Effect of intensity and duration of shade on turfgrasses in a Mediterranean environment. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 8(Part 2):p. 1260-1266. |
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