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Research Project: IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S.

Location: Forage and Range Research

Title: Percentage of green cover among Kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis L.) cultivars and accessions given irrigation deficits over summer

Authors
item Bushman, Shaun
item Waldron, Blair
item Robins, Joseph
item Bhattarai, Kishor -
item Johnson, Paul -

Submitted to: Crop Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: September 28, 2011
Publication Date: November 11, 2011
Citation: Bushman, B.S., Waldron, B.L., Robins, J.G., Bhattarai, K., Johnson, P. 2011. Percentage of green cover among Kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis L.) cultivars and accessions given irrigation deficits over summer. Crop Sci. 52:400-407.

Interpretive Summary: Kentucky bluegrass is a widely-used, high-quality, sod-producing turfgrass. To maintain an acceptable level of quality and function requires irrigation in the semi-arid regions of the western U.S. Landscape water use, however, is coming under increased scrutiny, and reducing water inputs is a goal of many municipalities. To identify Kentucky bluegrass that maintains green color under low irrigation over summer seasons, this study evaluated the percent of green cover of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars and accessions and other bluegrass species. Cultivars generally had higher green cover in spring and fall, while several accessions and old U.S. cultivars showed higher green cover during summer months. Other bluegrass species did not have percent green cover values above any cultivars, and as a group consistently performed the lowest.

Technical Abstract: Kentucky bluegrass is a widely-used, high-quality, sod-producing turfgrass. To maintain an acceptable level of quality and function requires irrigation in the semi-arid regions of the western U.S. Landscape water use, however, is coming under increased scrutiny, and reducing water inputs is a goal of many municipalities. To identify Kentucky bluegrass that maintains green color under low irrigation over summer seasons, this study evaluated the percent of green cover of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars and accessions and other bluegrass species. Cultivars generally had higher green cover in spring and fall, while several accessions and old U.S. cultivars showed higher green cover during summer months. Other bluegrass species did not have percent green cover values above any cultivars, and as a group consistently performed the lowest.

   

 
Project Team
Staub, Jack
Monaco, Thomas
Waldron, Blair
Jensen, Kevin
Jones, Thomas
Wang, Richard
Johnson, Douglas
Bushman, Shaun
Robins, Joseph
Larson, Steven
Mott, Ivan
Peel, Michael
 
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