Drought response and recovery characteristics of St. Augustinegrass cultivars

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2076-2083

  Steinke, K ^a   Chalmers, D ^b   Thomas, J ^b   White, R ^b   Fipps, G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM;

EID: 78650111121     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0635     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Abraham, E.M., B. Huang, S.A. Bonos, and W.A. Meyer. 2004. Evaluation of drought resistance for Texas bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, and their hybrids. Crop Sci. 44:1746-1753.
2. Atkins, C.E., R.L. Green, S.I. Sifers, and J.B. Beard. 1991. Evapotranspiration rates and growth characteristics of ten St. Augustinegrass genotypes. HortScience 26:1488-1491.
3. Carrow, R.N. 1996. Drought resistance aspects of turfgrasses in the southeast: Root-shoot responses. Crop Sci. 36:687-694.
4. Devitt, D., and R. Morris. 2010. Sustainable water use in urban landscapes in the 21st century: A Las Vegas perspective. Acta Hortic. (ISHS) (in press).
5. Karcher, D.E., M.D. Richardson, K. Hignight, and D. Rush. 2008. Drought tolerance of tall fescue populations selected for high root/shoot ratios and summer survival. Crop Sci. 48:771-777.
6. Kim, K.S., and J.B. Beard. 1988. Comparative turfgrass evapotranspiration rates and associated plant morphological characteristics. Crop Sci. 28:328-331.
7. Kjelgren, R., L. Rupp, and D. Kilgren. 2000. Water conservation in urban landscapes. HortScience 35:1037-1040.
8. Monteith, J.L. 1965. Evaporation and environment. p. 205-234. In G.E. Fogg (ed.) The state and movement of water in living organisms. Symp. of Soc. Exp. Biol. No. XIX, Swansea, UK.
9. 8-12 Sept. 1964. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK.
10. Motulsky, H.J., and A. Christopoulos. 2003. Fitting models to biological data using linear and nonlinear regression: A practical guide to curvefitting. GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA.
11. Richardson, M.D., D.E. Karcher, K. Hignight, and D. Rush. 2008. Drought tolerance and rooting capacity of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars. Crop Sci. 48:2429-2436.
12. Richardson, M.D., D.E. Karcher, and L.C. Purcell. 2001. Quantifying turfgrass cover using digital image analysis. Crop Sci. 41:1884-1888.
13. San Antonio Water System. 2007. Drought-tolerant grass. Available at http://www.saws.org/conservation/ordinance/turfgrass/(verified 2 June 2010).
14. Steinke, K., and D.R. Chalmers. 2010. Refining qualitative turfgrass canopy stress measurements during drought. Acta Hortic. (ISHS) (in press).
15. Steinke, K., D.R. Chalmers, J.C. Thomas, and R.H. White. 2009. Summer drought effects on warm-season turfgrass canopy temperatures. Online. Appl. Turfgrass Sci. doi:10.1094/ATS-2009-0303-01-RS.
16. Su, K., D.J. Bremer, S.J. Keeley, and J.D. Fry. 2007. Effects of high temperature and drought on a hybrid bluegrass compared with Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue. Crop Sci. 47:2152-2161.