African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12502

Full Length Research Paper

Performances of some warm-season turfgrasses under Mediterranean conditions

Hakan Geren*, Riza Avcioglu and Melis Curaoglu
Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, 35100 Izmir-Turkey.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 27 July 2009
  •  Published: 15 September 2009

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to determine the performances of some world wide used C4 warm-season turfgrasses (Buchloe dactyloides, Cynodon dactylon,C. dactylon x C. transvaalensis, Stenotaphrum secundatum, S. variegatum,Paspalum notatum, P. vaginatum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Zoysia japonica) under mediterranean ecological conditions of Izmir/Turkey in 2006 - 2007. The experimental design was a randomised complete blocks with four replications. Results indicated that, all tested warm-season turfgrasses except Z. japonicacultivars and Stenotaphrum variegatum, performed very well on the experimental area in terms of leaf blade width, ground cover, weed competition, total clipping yield, spring green-up, fall colour retention and visiual turf quality.

 

Key words: C4 warm-season turfgrasses, adaptation, turf quality.

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