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Water Requirements Of ‘Meyer’ Zoysiagrass For Survival And Recovery After Prolonged Drought, Mu Hong, Dale Bremer, Steve Keeley
Water Requirements Of ‘Meyer’ Zoysiagrass For Survival And Recovery After Prolonged Drought, Mu Hong, Dale Bremer, Steve Keeley
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Water restrictions on irrigation are generally not science-based and may cause irreversible damage to turfgrass or inadvertently waste water. The objectives of our study were to evaluate effects of minimum water applications to ‘Meyer’ zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonicaSteud.) on 1) turfgrass performance during prolonged dry downs; and 2) survival and recovery thereafter. Zoysiagrass was watered with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30% reference evapotranspiration (ET) replacement for two months in two consecutive summers under an automated rainout shelter (excluded all rainfall) near Manhattan, KS. Results indicated that irrigation at 20 to 30% ET slowed the decline in …
Performance And Recovery Of Turfgrasses Subjected To Drought And Traffic Stresses, R. Braun, D. Bremer, J. Hoyle, N. Bloedow
Performance And Recovery Of Turfgrasses Subjected To Drought And Traffic Stresses, R. Braun, D. Bremer, J. Hoyle, N. Bloedow
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
This study is an effort to determine effects of drought and traffic in turfgrasses. During a 41-day summer drought in 2015 and 2016, warm-season (C4) grasses were more affected by traffic than cool-season (C3) grasses when percent green cover and turf quality were measured. This was because the non-trafficked plots in C4 grasses maintained higher percent green cover and turf quality throughout the drought due to better drought-stress tolerance than the C3 grasses. Regardless of traffic treatment or mowing height, C4 grasses maintained higher percent green cover and visual turf quality than C3 grasses during drought and recovery periods. There …
Effects Of Home Value, Home Age, And Lot Size On Lawn Watering Practices Of Residential Homeowners, D. Bremer, S. Keeley, A. Jager
Effects Of Home Value, Home Age, And Lot Size On Lawn Watering Practices Of Residential Homeowners, D. Bremer, S. Keeley, A. Jager
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Lawn care and lawn watering practices of residential homeowners were significantly affected by home value and home age, but lot size was less a factor.