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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Horticulture

'Meyer' zoysiagrass

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Evaluation Of New Zoysiagrass Experimental Lines For Winter Hardiness And Turf Quality In The Transition Zone, R. Braun, J. Fry, M. Kennelly Jan 2015

Evaluation Of New Zoysiagrass Experimental Lines For Winter Hardiness And Turf Quality In The Transition Zone, R. Braun, J. Fry, M. Kennelly

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

A total of 881 zoysiagrass progeny originating from parental crosses at Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Dallas were planted in 2012, and an additional 104 progeny were planted by Kansas State University researchers in 2013. Starting in 2013, grasses were rated visually on 10 occasions through 2014. These ratings occurred throughout the year to evaluate winter survival and six turf quality characteristics to identify those progeny best adapted to the Kansas site. In September 2014, the top 20 of the original 985 progeny were selected and returned to Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Dallas, Texas, for propagation.


Evaluation Of Experimental Zoysiagrasses In Southern Kansas, L. Parsons, J. Fry Jan 2015

Evaluation Of Experimental Zoysiagrasses In Southern Kansas, L. Parsons, J. Fry

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Kansas State University has been cooperating with Texas A&M AgriLife Research – Dallas to identify zoysiagrasses that are superior in quality to ‘Meyer,’ the industry standard, and that have equivalent or better freeze tolerance. Six of eight experimental crosses between selectZoysiacultivars were established in Wichita, Kansas, in 2009 and since that time have had consistently superior ratings in three or more measures.