Abstract/Contents: | Presents the Kentucky bluegrass turfgrass cutivars and selections performance for 1995-1999. Assessments of performance based on quality, seedling vigor, percent living ground cover, spring green-up, color, density, texture, seedheads, and disease ratings. Results include "the 11 entries showing the highest season average quality over the four-year test period were: SR 2109, North Star, Blacksburb, Brilliant, NJ 1190, Unique, Princeton 105, PST-P46, Conni, LKB-95, Apollo. Entries that were fastest to establish were Kenblue, Nimbus, and Baronie...Entries with the darkest green color over the four year test period included Moonlight, Seabring, Total Eclipse, and VB16015. Those with the lightest (yellow-green) color were Compact, BAR VB 3115B, Ba 76-197, Classic, Baronie, and Haga...Entries with the greatest production of seedheads included Ba 81-113, Dragon, Pepaya, Abbey, and Goldrush...entries such as Kenblue, Ba 75-490, NJ-54, and Glade were damaged by leaf spot. Entries showing a high degree of dollar spot were BAR VB 6820, SRX 2205, Pepaya, BAR VB 233, and Platini. Necrotic ring spot severely injured Pepaya, HV 242, and BAR VB 6820." |