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| DOI: | 10.21273/HORTSCI.39.2.248 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/39/2/article-p248.xml?rskey=FZePqV
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Meyer, Mary Hockenberry;
Cunliffe, Bruce A. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota |
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| Title: | Effects of media porosity and container size on overwintering and growth of ornamental grasses |
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| Section: | Crop production
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| Source: | HortScience. Vol. 39, No. 2, April 2004, p. 248-250. |
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| Publishing Information: | Alexandria, VA: American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Growth; Growing media; Porosity; Ornamental grasses; Schizachyrium scoparium; Sporobolus heterolepis; Calamagrostis acutiflora; Miscanthus sinensis; Miscanthus; Cold resistance; Aeration
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Five ornamental grasses {little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash], prairie dropseed [Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray], feather reedgrass [Calamagrostis ×acutiflora (Schrad.) DC. `Karl Foerster'], flamegrass (Miscanthus Anderss. `Purpurascens'), and variegated Japanese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis Anderss. `Variegatus')} were propagated by transplanting plugs or field divisions into 480-mL (10-cm round), 2.7-L (no. 1), and 6.2-L (no. 2) nusery containers with media ratios (v/v) of 0:1, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 1:0 rice hulls to sand, resulting in aeration porosities in 2.7-L containers of 5%, 12%, 22%, 28%, and 41%, respectively. Planting dates were between 28 Oct and 10 Nov. 1997; 30 Apr. and 7 May 1998; and 23-28 Oct. 1998 and 1-10 May 1999. Plants were covered with plastic and straw from the second week in November until the second week in April. Winter survival was evaluated 6 weeks after uncovering and for finished dates every 2 weeks thereafter. Species had a significant effect on overwintering survival, but container size and media did not. Sporobolus heterolepis and M. sinensis `Variegatus' had significantly lower overwintering survival than the other species. Container size significantly influenced growth; the 6.2-L containers had the highest values for all growth parameters. Growth response to media was a weak (nonsignificant) quadratic response, indicating for these species no clear trend for the best media aeration porosity." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 21 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Meyer, M. H., and B. A. Cunliffe. 2004. Effects of media porosity and container size on overwintering and growth of ornamental grasses. HortScience. 39(2):p. 248-250. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.39.2.248 |
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