Beginning with funding from the USGA in 1993, a dedicated effort was initiated to genetically enhance seashore paspalum for golf course use. The grass has been around for centuries, actually evolving on sand dunes exposed only to ocean water in South Africa. It's somewhat ironic that this grass evolved in the same country as the African bermudagrass, but was never recognized for anything other ...

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is one of the most widely used turfgrasses for home lawns, golf courses, parks, and athletic fields in temperate climates. Oxidative stress caused by drought stress is a major limiting factor for grass cultivation in arid and semi-arid regions. The objective of this study was to investigate whether Prohexadione-Calcium (Pro-Ca) may play a role in promoting ...

     Developing strategies to tackle water stress in lawns in arid climate regions is significantly important. In such conditions, using growing media amendments as well as native plants can relieve drought stress in different growing stages of the plants. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of some types of soil amendments on the emergence and early seedling establishment of ...

kentucky bluegrass (poa pratensis l.) is one of the most widely used turfgrasses for home lawns, golf courses, parks, and athletic fields in temperate climates. oxidative stress caused by drought stress is a major limiting factor for grass cultivation in arid and semi-arid regions. the objective of this study was to investigate whether prohexadione-calcium (pro-ca) may play a role in promoting ...

Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) are a class of woundinduced volatile organic compounds emitted by several plant species. Turf grasses emit a complex profile of GLVs upon mowing, as evidenced by the “freshly cut grass” smell, some of which are readily oxidized in the atmosphere to contribute to secondary organic aerosol (SOA). The contribution of lawn-mowing-induced SOA production may be especially ...

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...