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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.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
hakan.geren@ege.edu.tr.
Accepted 27 July, 2009 |
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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.
japonica cultivars 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. |
