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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Shildrick, J. P. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire BD16 1AU, UK |
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| Title: | Turfgrasses That Need Less Mowing |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 62, June 1986, p. 216. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Mowing; Lolium perenne; Festuca rubra subsp. rubra; Cultivars; Height
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The STRI includes height of regrowth after cutting, under relatively low fertility, as one of the features routinely assessed in cultivar trials, and uses the data in compiling ratings for short growth in the annual "Turfgrass Seed" descriptive leaflets on cultivars. One treatment is to mow swards at 25 mm every 10-11 days: another is to cut only once, or perhaps twice a year. Until recently, cultivars of perennial ryegrass and red fescue which grew to about 70-75% of the height of 'Aberystwyth S. 23' or 'Boreal', as appropriate, were the shortest on the market. Now, cultivars such as 'Lorina' perennial ryegrass and 'Logro' slender creeping red fescue, which grow to only about 50% of the height of 'Aberystwyth S. 23'or 'Boreal' respectively, are setting new standards for low maintenance. There is currently much interest in defining mowing regimes, according to frequency or maximum permitted height of growth, for the sake of specifications for contract work or direct labour operations. Data from STRI indicate that, under relatively low fertility, swards give daily growth increments of 1.5-3.0 mm, depending on species composition, whereas under higher fertility the increments are 4.0-6.5 mm. figures such as these need to be taken into account in fixing maintenance standards in which maximum height of growth and frequency are related to one another, even if only loosely. Trials are reported more fully in recent and current papers by Shildrick & Peel in this and recent Volumes of the STRI Journal and in the Annual STRI "Turfgrass Seed" leaflets." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Abstract of a paper presented at the 5th Discussion Meeting on Amenity Grass Research held at the University of Reading, December 18-20, 1985.
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Shildrick, J. P. 1986. Turfgrasses That Need Less Mowing. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 62:p. 216. |
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