Field Performance of Selected Mowed Distichlis Clones, USGA Research Report #3
Author
Kopec, David M.Adams, Alan
Bourn, Chris
Gilbert, Jeffrey J.
Marcum, Kenneth P.
Pessarakli, Mohammad
Issue Date
2001-09Keywords
Agriculture -- ArizonaTurfgrasses -- Arizona
Turf management -- Arizona
Plants, ornamental -- Arizona
Turfgrasses -- Varietals
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Twenty-one clonal (genotype) accessions of Distichlis are being continually evaluated for field performance as replicated mowed turf plots under desert conditions. The genotype ("treatment") affect was significant for most field variables measured, or assigned to plots using visual rating scales customary for turf evaluations. Genotype differences occurred for percent plot composition color, quality, texture, uniformity and leaf width. Visual stress (prolonged hot weather without irrigation) and leaf hair presence were not significant responses between accessions. Long term mowing stress shows divergent performance amount Distichlis germplasm for growth characters and turf persistence under mowed conditions.Series/Report no.
Series P-126AZ1246