Land application of poultry litter provides essential nutrients for hybrid bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] production, but ammonia (NH3) volatilization and N mineralization influence the amount of litter N available for plant uptake. Our objective was to determine the combination of broiler litter and fertilizer N, which maximizes the yields of forage and N, P, and K by ‘Coastal’ ber...

‘ST-5’ turf bermudagrass is an interspecific [Cynodon transvaalensis Burt-Davy · C. dactylon (L.)] shade-tolerant triploid (2n = 3x = 27 chromosomes) hybrid cultivar released cooperatively by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. ‘ST-5’ was selected in 1993 from 27,700 hybrids made in 1...

T fingerprinting of plant, animal and human DNA has been practiced by researchers and forensic scientist for many years, especially garnering widespread attention from notorious cases involving DNA evidence. The DNA fingerprint analysis is so powerful it's capable of distinguishing one individual from another. Each of us has a unique DNA pattern as do plant species and plant varieties. All orga...

Poultry litter and fertilizers are normally added as soil amendments. The effects of poultry inorganic on three mixed-season perennial forages were studied for two years in the field to understand growth dynamics, metals, nutrient uptake. primary objective was investigate heavy metal concentrations, biomass yield forage potential a cool-season forage, stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.), relativ...

The efficacy of clean fallow, bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) as a rotational crop, and fenamiphos for control of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita race 1) and soilborne fungi in okra (Hibiscus esculentus), snapbean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and pepper (Capsicum annuum) production was evaluated in field tests from 1993 to 1995. Numbers of M. incognita in the soil and root-gall indices were ...

Recently a furfural nematicide Multiguard Protect EC was launched for use on turfgrasses in the United States. A series of greenhouse experiments were conducted to determine the concentration and exposure time required for this formulation to irreversibly affect Belonolaimus longicaudatus, and to study factors that might affect the practicality of furfural use in turfgrass systems. One experime...