Research is required on sod to explore the differences in management and postharvest practices help inform producers reduce information inefficiencies that affect supply demand of cool-season turfgrass sod. Replicated field experiments were conducted Indiana Minnesota quantify effect species (strong creeping red fescue [Festuca rubra L. ssp. Gaudin], Chewings [F. commutata tall arundinacea Schr...

Previous work in our laboratory (Krueger, Miles 1981 Plant Physiol 68: 1110-1114) indicated that a decaploid genotype (I-16-2) of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) which exhibits unusually high net photosynthesis rates also had high potential rates of photosynthetic electron transport through photosystem I (PSI) compared to the typical hexaploid genotype (V6-802). Analysis of electron t...

BACKGROUND Genetic diversity of 19 forage-type and 2 turf-type cultivars of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) was revealed using SSR markers in an attempt to explore the genetic relationships among them, and examine potential use of SSR markers to identify cultivars by bulked samples. RESULTS A total of 227 clear band was scored with 14 SSR primers and out of which 201 (88.6 %) were f...

Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is an important forage resource for beef (Bos taurus L.) production in the North–South transition zone. Recently, the cultivar ‘Jesup’ was released to provide improved stand survival when infected with a novel (nontoxic) endophyte marketed as MaxQ (Pennington Seed, Madison, GA), and warrants evaluation as a source of winter hay for beef cattle. Intake a...

Blissus occiduus Barber is an important pest of buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, turf. No-choice studies documented the susceptibility of selected turfgrasses, crops, and weeds to B. occiduus feeding. Highly to moderately susceptible grasses included buffalograss; yellow Setaria glauca (L.) and green foxtail Setaria viridis (L.); Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis L.; peren...

Leaf elongation rate (LER) is an important factor controlling plant growth and productivity. The objective of this study was to determine whether genetic variation in LER for a fast-growing ('K-31'), and a dwarf cultivar ('Bonsai') of tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) and gibberellic acid (GA) regulation of LER were associated with differential expression of cell-expansion genes. Plants were tr...

Phytoextraction is gaining acceptance as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly phytoremediation strategy for reducing toxic metal levels from contaminated soils. Cognizant of the potential of this phytoremediation technique as an alternative to expensive engineering-based remediation technologies, experiments were conducted to evaluate the suitability of some plants as phytoextraction s...

An understanding of interactions between anthropogenic stressors and intrinsic population drivers is needed to fully understand wildlife declines. Density dependence a key aspect regulation for many species, especially species that have high reproductive potential, such as amphibians. However, patterns density been characterized only few little work has evaluated how density-dependent may be al...