Response of Twenty Tall Fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.) Cultivars to Low Mowing Height

Tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.) is the most widely used species in European transition zone, however, despite its good wear tolerance, use still limited to lawns and landscape areas due concerns about ability withstand low mowing regimes. A two years field study was conducted access performance of twenty tall cultivars (‘Ares’, ‘Armani’, ‘Dynamites LS’, ‘Firecracker SLS’, ‘Firewall’, ‘Foxhound’ ‘Granditte’, ‘JT-LT2′, ‘JT-338′, ‘Karakum’, ‘Lexington’, ‘Olympic Gold’, ‘Rebounder’, ‘Rhambler SRP’, ‘Starlett’, ‘Supersonic’, ‘Talladega’, ‘Thunderstruck’, ‘Titanium 2LS’, ‘Turfway’) mowed weekly at 18 mm. Turfgrass evaluated every weeks for visual quality, color, density, texture uniformity, as well percent green cover (PGC) dark color index (DGCI), normalized difference vegetation (NDVI), traction twice per year. Although no showed sufficient quality throughout year, ‘Turfway’, 2LS’ ‘JT-338’ achieved high rating during spring fall, seasons with highest frequency games played on sports northern Italy. Traction ratings collected these fell within acceptable range football fields. Our results suggest that improved dwarf-type can be sport fields Northern