Standardization of mowing height and inorganic nutrient for establishment of Zoysia matrella

An experiment was conducted to standardize the different mowing height and inorganic nutrients for better establishment of lawn grass Zoysia matrella. The laid out in Factorial randomized block design (FRBD) with 2 replications at Botanical garden, Department Floriculture Landscape Architecture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. Treatments included (1 inch, 1.5 inch 2.5 inch) level viz., urea (50 g/m2, 40 30 20 g/m2) Sulphate potash (60 50 g/m2). In this experiment, observations were recorded on morphological physiological parameters. Morphological parameters leaf length, internodal shoot root number nodes per 10 sq cm. Physiological relative water content, total chlorophyll content proline content. result M2T3 observed turf quality among treatments. 45th 60th day, had highest record length (4.8 cm,2.65 cm), (2.45 cm,2.2 (12.5 cm,6.7 (4.0 cm,2.35 cm) cm (3,4 numbers) respectively. (61.27%), Chlorophyll (2.09%), (4.05 mg/g).