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Web URL(s): | http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_seeds_change/ Last checked: 03/28/2016 |
Publication Type:
| Trade |
Author(s): | Funk, C. Reed;
Morris, Kevin |
Author Affiliation: | Funk: Rutgers University and Morris: National Turfgrass Evaluation Program |
Title: | Seeds of change: The evolution of turfgrass breeding has been like that of the grasses themselves - adapting to change. |
Source: | Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 35, No. 8, August 2000, p. 15-16, 25, 27, 40. |
Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivar improvement; Breeding improvement; History; Cool season turfgrasses; Lolium perenne; Festuca arundinacea; Fine fescues; Agrostis; Poa pratensis; Warm season turfgrasses; Germplasm; Technology; Futures
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the evolution of cultivar improvement in perennial ryegrass, tall fescue, fine fescue, bentgrasses, Kentucky bluegrass, and warm-season grasses. Discusses breeding characteristics of cool-season grasses, warm-season grassses, and the development of new germ plasm. Also discusses new technology for turfgrass genetic improvement. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Funk, C. R., and K. Morris. 2000. Seeds of change: The evolution of turfgrass breeding has been like that of the grasses themselves - adapting to change.. Grounds Maint. 35(8):p. 15-16, 25, 27, 40. |
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