A 2-year greenhouse study was conducted at Clemson University, Clemson, S.C., in 2003 and 2004 to determine drought responses of six bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) cultivars at four irrigation intervals. Cultivars selected from the 2002 National Turfgrass Evaluation Program Bermudagrass Trial were ‘SWI-1012’, ‘Arizona Common’, ‘Tift No.3’, ‘Tifsport’, ‘Aussie Green’, and ‘Celebration’. Treatments ...

Ronstar® herbicide is one of the most effective preemergent herbicides available to professional turf managers. Unfortunately, in the South, it can sometimes be difficult to apply granular fertilizer plus Ronstar® products without causing injury to the turf. Tire tracking, discoloration and thinning turf are all symptoms that can be encountered when it is applied during the growing season, espe...

The pollen calendar of Agra was recorded with special reference to allergenic significance. Pollen grains of 35 species belonging to 23 angiosperm families have been identified out of a total catch of 24,220/m3 of air annually. High occurrence of pollen grains in air belonged to Asteraceae (5222/m3) and Parthenium hysterophorus contributed the maximum (17.91%) of the total airspora. Higher coun...

In the past and now most of the developments in conventional agriculture have concentrate on major grasses with little attention to the minor, underutilized grasses and as yet undeveloped grasses of livestock. Many underutilized grass species are being lost each day and more of which have unknown potential will be lost. The present study is undertaken to carry out the nutrient content of twenty...

The current research was carried out to characterize the phytosociology of forests one Pakistan’s most valuable tree species (Deodar) across its native range. In this context, our main hypothesis that, along altitudinal gradient, we would find different plant communities that be driven by environmental variables (climatic, edaphic, and physiographic). Therefore, assess vegetation structure pure...

This study aims to investigate thermophilic methanogens in turf used as an inoculum. Results showed that Methanoculleus sp. regarded as hydrogenotrophic and Methanosarcina sp. regarded as acetoclastic methanogens were present in turf tested. However, active acetoclastic methanogens were present in turf soil only. The current study showed that thermophilic methanogens were present in various tur...

A small coryneform bacterium was consistently isolated from sugarcane with ratoon stunting disease and shown to be the causal agent. A similar bacterium was isolated from Bermuda grass. Both strains multiplied in sugarcane and Bermuda grass, but the Bermuda grass strain did not incite the symptoms of ratoon stunting disease in sugarcane. Shoot growth in Bermuda grass was retarded by both strains.

Following the solid-state fermentation of Bermuda grass by two lignin-degrading white rot fungi, compositional changes have been observed in situ by utilization of cross-polarization and magic angle spinning 13C nuclear magnetic resonance difference spectra and interrupted decoupling spectra. Intensity differences in the 13C resonances assigned to specific components of the cell wall were used ...