Turfgrass selections including 21 paspalums (Paspalum vaginatum Swartz) and 12 zoysiagrasses (Zoysia sp.) were compared with susceptible ‘KY31’ tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and more resistant common bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon Pers.) and common centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro.) Hack] for potential resistance to fall armyworm [Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)], an...

Turfgrass is often planted along roadsides because of its adaptability and capacity to perform a wide range functions. Like other roadside vegetation, it must withstand biotic abiotic stresses while persisting long term with minimal management inputs. In cold-weather climates, snow ice practices on roads include the use deicing salts. Deicing salts can have negative impacts infrastructure envir...

The National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) Tall Fescue Test was planted in 2018 at the Kansas State University Olathe Horticulture Center, Olathe, KS. Differences have been observed among entries maintained under low maintenance conditions.

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas (GHG) implicated in global climate change. Process-based ecosystem models, such as DAYCENT and DNDC, have been widely used to predict GHG fluxes agricultural systems. However, neither model has yet applied warm-season turfgrasses zoysiagrass. This study parameterized, calibrated, validated the DNDC models for N2O emissions from Meyer zoysiagras...

Now days, turf management has encountered with water deficit, mostly due to low precipitation also industrial, agricultural and household demand and consumption. So, the objective of this project was to identify drought tolerance of warm and cool season turfgrass cultivars to different levels of regulated-deficit irrigation. The field experiment was set out in a split-plot based on completely r...