A demonstration was conducted to examine the stored forage yield and stored forage quality of two different hay forage management systems. The forage management systems were a hay harvest only system or a complimentary hayround bale silage harvest system. The hay system harvested bermudagrass forage as hay during the summer when weather conditions allowed, the complimentary system harvested ber...

Third instar growth and survival, and the effect of larval density of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman and the southern masked chafer, Cyclocephala lurida (Olivier) were evaluated on Tifway bermudagrass, Cynodon dactyl on (L.) and KY-31 tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb. in a threeyear field study. Winter survival was sometimes enhanced in bermudagrass plots. Larval weight ga...

Over the last couple months, we have celebrated the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association’s 50 year by recounting the story of the development of bermudagrass in a three-part series. It is no accident that improved bermudagrasses are the most widely grown warm season perennial forages in the Southeastern US. It is the ultimate story of making lemons into lemonade, and many in the state of Georgia hav...

Tifdwarf bermudagrass (Cynodon sp. (L.) Pers.) sod-plugs were treated with two rates of five herbicides (DCPA, Benefin, Bensulide, Terbutol and Kerb) to determine effects of these chemicals on shoot and root growth. Ap plication rates were those commonly used for weed control and twice this recommended rate. Herbicides were applied on top of the sod and below the sod to simulate surface treatme...

Fraise mowing is a maintenance practice that may serve as non-chemical means of controlling the problematic weed annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) in bermudagrass (Cynodon spp.) given reports efficacy on other turfgrass species. However, an understanding practitioner decision-making implementing fraise weed-control measure remains unknown. A field study was conducted Knoxville, TN and repeated sp...

Host-parasite relationships of Criconemella xenoplax and C. ornata on Nemaguard peach and common bermudagrass were determined in the greenhouse. Criconemella xenoplax reproduced on peach and reduced root volume, height, and dry stem weight after 6 months, compared with the noninfested check. Numbers of C. ornata did not increase on peach or influence peach growth, but they did reduce dry top we...

A second year of a bermudagrass fertility study was conducted at the K-State Research and Experiment Station outside Columbus, KS, in 2021. The purpose to simulate forage producers’ practices managing determine how each practice affected production quality.

Experiments were conducted to quantify the effects of the sting nematode (Belonolaimus longicaudatus) on root reductions and quantity of nitrate (NO(3) (-)) leached from 'Tifdwarf' bermudagrass in lysimeters. Forty lysimeters were planted with 'Tifdwarf' bermudagrass, of which 20 were inoculated with B. longicaudatus and 20 were noninoculated. Root length was compared between treatments at six,...

Chloroplasts have been isolated from bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.) leaves and assayed for photophosphorylation and electron transport activity. These chloroplasts actively synthesize adenosine triphosphate during cyclic electron flow with phenazine methosulfate and noncyclic electron flow concurrent with the reduction of such Hill oxidants as nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide phosphate, ...

Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of increasing supplement protein concentration on performance and forage intake of beef cows and forage utilization of steers consuming stockpiled bermudagrass forage. Bermudagrass pastures were fertilized with 56 kg of N/ha in late August. Grazing was initiated during early November and continued through the end of January each year. Treatmen...