Establishment and turf qualities of warm-season turfgrasses in the Mediterranean region

HortTechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-81

  Severmutlu, S ^a   Mutlu, N ^a   Shearman, R C ^b   Gurbuz, E ^c   Gulsen, O ^d   Hocagil, M ^e   Karaguzel, O ^a   Heng Moss, T ^b   Riordan, T P ^b   Gaussoin, R E ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Department of Agricultural Economics   (Turkey)

^d ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ALATA HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Fall color retention; Growing degree days; Spring green up

Indexed keywords

BUCHLOE; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; EREMOCHLOA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PASPALUM VAGINATUM; POACEAE; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 79952756688     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.21.1.67     Document Type: Article

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