Drought and heat stresses are major challenges for turfgrass management in the desert southwest of United States where rainfall is insufficient to support managed growth. Irrigation water availability its quality increasingly strained due diminishing surface supplies. Unprecedented drought conditions threaten reliance on groundwater supplies that heavily scrutinized irrigation practices landsca...

The soil environment immediately around a root frequently has a larger number of microorganisms compared to soil just a few millimeters away from a root. This zone of influence is called the rhizosphere (Rovira, 1991), which is composed of many groups of organisms that are capable of affecting plant health beneficially and deleteriously (Schippers et al., 1987). Putting greens are artificially ...

A long green period is essential for a turfgrass species with high ornamental value and a wide area of use. Zoysiagrasses (Zoysia spp. Willd.) are perennial turfgrass species popular in tropical, subtropical and temperate zones, possessing many properties necessary to be economically useful turfgrass. They do not have a long green period because of cold sensitivity. A main focus in zoysiagrass ...

Turfgrasses play an important role in improving the environment atmosphere, and functional values modern cities. Soil-borne diseases are one of most significant constraints to ornamental nursery outputs. Among several fungi isolated from roots turfgrass plants collectedfrom different land scape gardens located at Alexandria , Cairo, Giza,

The use of covers may improve establishment seeded turfgrass but their in combination with drip irrigation techniques has not been evaluated. We investigated the effects two cover types and three methods on tall fescue turfgrass. For spring seeding [Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.], turf was successful subsurface (SDI) aboveground (AGD) fine textured soil transition zone. With SDI, A...

‘DALSA 1618’ (Reg. no. CV-291, PI 702594) is a first-generation intraspecific St. Augustinegrass [Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze] hybrid developed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Dallas, TX, from cross between drought-resistant polyploid female parent, TAES 5384 (PI 300130, GRIN National Plant Germplasm System), and semi-dwarf shade-tolerant diploid pollen donor, ‘Amerishade’. DALSA 1...