Creeping bentgrass (CBG) is a common weed in home lawns and golf course roughs and green surrounds in many regions of the United States. CBG is extremely competitive because of its stoloniferous growth habit. Once lawns, roughs, green surrounds
Broadcast Lawn Spreader; John Deere Landscapes, Troy, MI). Monthly applications of fertilizer (Griggs Brothers 16-4-8 Turf Rally) were made throughout the duration of the study at a rate of 49 kg·ha −1 N. Mowing treatments were selected to simulate regimens
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compared to a conventional St. Augustinegrass lawn Crop Sci. 48 1586 1594 Feldhake, C.M. Danielson, R.E. Butler, J.D. 1983 Turfgrass evapotranspiration. I. Factors influencing rate in urban environments Agron. J. 75 824 830 Fry, J.D. Butler, J.D. 1989
well as for residential lawns and sports fields at a variety of locations ( Zinn, 2004a , 2004b ). The popularity of ‘SeaDwarf’ seashore paspalum has resulted, in part, from research citing seashore paspalum as being the most salt-tolerant turfgrass
Zoysiagrass grown under shade on golf courses and in home lawns is slow to recover from injury and declines in quality over time. Tree shade reduces photosynthetically active radiation ( PAR ) resulting in reduced photosynthesis and altered
diverse turfgrass sward with mixed species of grasses and broadleaf plants is sometimes classified as weedy and therefore undesirable for scenarios such as golf courses and sports pitches. However, for many scenarios such as home lawns, roadsides, or other
labeling, vegetative hyphae was eliminated from the labeled areas ( Fig. 10B ). Fig. 10. (A) Penicillium digitatum hyphae grown for 72 h on potato dextrose agar after a lawn of spores was laser labeled at 45 μs. (B) Laser labeling of 72 h grown P
Cool-season turfgrass species such as kentucky bluegrass (KBG) and tall fescue (TF) are widely used for sod production, lawns, and athletic fields in the United States and other temperate parts of the world. Previous studies have shown that
). There are 11 species in the Zoysia genus, of which three are used as a turfgrass: Z. japonica , Z. matrella , and Z. pacifica ( Engelke and Anderson, 2003 ). In the United States, zoysiagrass is used extensively on golf courses and home lawns