Overseeding Buffalograss Turf with Fine-Leaved Fescues

Identification of Mealybug- (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) Resistant Turf-Type Buffalograss Germplasm

Two species of mealybugs, Tridiscus sporoboli (Cockerell) and Trionymus sp., have emerged as potentially serious pests of turf-type buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann. Sixty-two buffalograss selections were screened for resistance to these mealybugs in 4 greenhouse trials. Using a 1-6 rating scale (1 = no signs of mealybugs, 6 = >75% of tillers infested), 'Prairie' and '609' ...

TAXONOMIC VALUE OF LEAF ANATOMY IN IRANIAN FINE-LEAVED FESTUCA

Festuca L. comprises perennial herbs and about 450 species. It belongs to the tribe Poeae R. Br. (= Festucaceae Dumort), subfamily Pooideae of Poaceae. These species are different in leaf size, life duration and lamina width. The genus is divided into two groups based on lamina width: fine-leaved and broad-leaved. In this study, leaf anatomy of F. akhanii, F. elwendiana,F. heterophylla, F. sulc...

FERTILIZERS ON FINE TURF Facts Not Fiction

TOO many misleading statements are being made about the use of fertil izers on fine turf and especially suggestions that there is no agreement by scientists on what fine turf requires. This is partly caused by the different demands on different grasses and what applies to golf greens does not apply to football pitches. Some of this controversy is being created by those seeking to increase the s...

Protect Turf from Nematodes

OVERSEEDING: WHICH GRASSES ARE BEST 1971 overseeding results in south Florida. A. E. Dudeck andE. O. Burt. Florida Turf. 4 (5):3-6. (from the University of Florida Agricultural Research Center, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33314). The objective of this investigation was to evaluate monostands and polystands of various cool season turfgrasses for use in overseeding dormant bermudagrass putting greens u...

Topdressing Turf with Compost