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| Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/rpr/1995/Turfgrass/31057,%20Rutgers, Funk.PDF
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| Material Type: | Manuscript |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Funk, Reed; Murphy, James; Clarke, Bruce; White, James; Heckman, Joseph; Lee, Lisa; Lui, Haibo; Johnson-Cicalese, Jennifer; Bara, Ronald; Smith, Dirk; Dickson, William; Clark, Joseph; Schaaf, Raymond; Ziemienski, George; Reynolds, Michael; Perdomo, Pedro; Ventola, Michael; Secks, Margaret; Bonos, Stacy; Smith, Barbara |
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| Author Affiliation: | New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station |
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| Monograph Title: | Breeding and Evaluation of Kentucky Bluegrass, Perennial Ryegrass, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescues, and Bentgrass for Turf: [1995 Annual Research Report], [1995]. |
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| Publishing Information: | [New Brunswick, New Jersey]: New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Collation: | [5] pp. |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "1. Over 7,000 new turfgrass evaluation plots and over eight acres of spaced-plant nurseries were established during 1995. Turfgrass evaluation tests included 3,305 plots of Kentucky bluegrass, 1,470 plots of perennial ryegrass, 1500 plots of tall fescue, 850 plots of fine fescues, and 305 plots of creeping, colonial, dryland, and velvet bentgrasses. A total of over 50,000 plots of turfgrass cultivars, experimental selections, and germplasm sources are under observation and evaluation in field trials at Adelphia, North Brunswick, and Pittstown, New Jersey. 2. Intraspecific and interspecific hybridization programs are being expanded in Poa. Many of the interspecific crosses are directed to the transfer of a useful endophyte into Poa pratensis as well as increasing our pool of genetic diversity. Many of our intraspecific crosses are directed to the development of improved mid-Atlantic type bluegrasses with enhanced tolerance of heat and drought, improved resistance to insect pests, and economical seed production. Current mid-Atlantic type Kentucky bluegrasses such as Wabash, Bel 21, Vantage, and Eagleton are not widely used because of low seed yields. Improved resistance to and/or tolerance of billbugs is of vital importance to the summer performance and survival of many non-irrigated, medium-to-low maintenance turfs. Thinning of turf by billbugs creates conditions favorable to additional damage by chinch bugs and grubs. Weed invasion follows restricting recovery of the Kentucky bluegrass turf. We need improved mid-Atlantic types of Kentucky bluegrass with excellent disease and insect resistance, deep roots and rhizomes, increased tolerance of heat and drought, and high seed yields. Useful endophytes might enhance many of these characteristics. 3. Significant differences in damage by, tolerance of, and recovery from white grubs were observed in an older Kentucky bluegrass test growing under conditions of reduced air circulation which resulted in periods of severe heat stress. Kentucky bluegrasses showed striking differences in their ability to maintain an active, deep root system and to regenerate roots served by grubs under these conditions. Differences in the ability of various Kentucky bluegrasses to maintain an adequate rate of net photosynthesis has been suggested as a partial explanation of these differences. Tolerance of high soil temperatures could also be involved. Mid-Atlantic ecotypes generally showed the best performance. 4. Germplasm developed at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station contributed to a number of new turfgrass cultivars including Calypso II, Citation III, Manhattan III, Windstar and RPBD perennial ryegrasses; Titan II, Coronado, Finelawn Petite, and Coyote tall fescues; Southport Chewings Fescue; Warwick hard fescue; Princeton 105 and Eagleton Kentucky bluegrasses; and L-93 creeping bentgrass." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related summary article "Breeding and evaluation of Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, perennial ryegrass, and bentgrass for turf" 1995 Turfgrass and Environmental Research Summary, 1995, p. 7-9, R=31057. R=31057 |
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| Note: | Also appears as pp. 00518-00522 in the USGA Turfgrass Research Committee Reporting Binders for 1995. |
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