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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Beard, J. B.;
Batten, S. M.;
Griggs, S. D. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station |
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| Title: | An assessment of the preferred cool-season turfgrasses for winter overseeding under suboptimum temperatures of late fall |
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| Source: | Texas Turfgrass Research - 1982. September 1982, p. 78-79. |
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| Publishing Information: | College Station, TX: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Germination; Quality evaluation; Temperatures; Autumn; Poa trivialis; Lolium perenne; Cynodon dactylon; Overseeding
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| Abstract/Contents: | Seven highly regarded cool season grasses were tested for germination and growth under poor soil temperature conditions over a six month period. The seven grasses consisted of six perennial ryegrass cultivars, Loretta, Barry, Belle, Delray, Citation, and Yorktown II, and Sabre rough bluegrass. Overseeding was done on a dormant Tifgreen bermudagrass green (pH 8.0) at a Texas A&M field laboratory. Verticutting was done 10 days prior to seeding. The ryegrasses and Sabre rough bluegrass were seeded with a drop spreader at 35 lbs per M and 10 lbs per M, respectively. Topdressing with sand at 1/8 inch followed. After 8 days, mowing was initiated at 5/16 inch; 3 weeks after seeding, it was lowered to 1/4 inch. Irrigation was done as needed. Monthly nitrogen applications at 1 lb per M were made. Sabre rough bluegrass and Loretta perennial ryegrass showed a better capability for germination and growth under suboptimal soil temperatures. Barry, Belle, Delray, Citation, and Yorktown II, repsectively, were less successful under these conditions. A table compares the winter turfgrass quality in December, January, and February for the seven overseeded turfgrasses. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | Unknown |
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| Note: | Tables
PR #4055 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Beard, J. B., S. M. Batten, and S. D. Griggs. 1982. An assessment of the preferred cool-season turfgrasses for winter overseeding under suboptimum temperatures of late fall. Tex Turfgrass Res. p. 78-79. |
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