Salinity Tolerance of Seven Varieties of Creeping Bentgrass, Agrostis palustris Huds.

1967 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. B. Youngner ◽  
O. R. Lunt ◽  
F. Nudge
Keyword(s):  
Salinity Tolerance ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Agrostis Palustris

scholarly journals Salinity Tolerance of 35 Bentgrass Cultivars

HortScience ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth B. Marcum
Keyword(s):  
Salinity Stress ◽  
Salinity Tolerance ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Salt Tolerant ◽  
Effective Parameters ◽  
Moderate Salinity ◽  
Green Leaf Area

Relative salinity tolerance of 33 creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds), one colonial bentgrass (A. capillaris L.), and one velvet bentgrass (A. canina L.) cultivars were determined via hydroponics in a controlled-environment greenhouse. After gradual acclimation, grasses were exposed to moderate salinity stress (8 dS·m-1) for 10 weeks to determine tolerance to chronic salinity stress. Relative dry weight of leaf clippings (RLW), percentage of green leaf area (GL), root dry weight (RW), and root length (RL) were all effective parameters for predicting salinity tolerance. Following 10 weeks of salinity stress, RLW was correlated with GL (r = 0.72), with RW (r = 0.71), and with RL (r = 0.66). The range of salinity tolerance among cultivars was substantial. `Mariner', `Grand Prix', `Seaside', and `Seaside II' were salt-tolerant, `L-93', `Penn G-2', `18th Green', and `Syn 96-1' were moderately salt tolerant, and `Avalon', `Ambrosia', `SR1119', `Regent', `Putter', `Penncross', and `Penn G-6' were salt sensitive.

scholarly journals Response of Creeping Bentgrass to Salinity and Mowing Management: Carbohydrate Availability and Ion Accumulation

HortScience ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 2170-2174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.L. Qian ◽  
J.M. Fu
Keyword(s):  
Salinity Tolerance ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Reducing Sugar ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Water Control ◽  
Turf Quality ◽  
Salinity Levels ◽  
Mowing Regime

Salt problems in turfgrass sites are becoming more common. The effects of mowing height on salinity tolerance and associated mechanisms are not well understood. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of mowing height and the level of salinity on turf quality, canopy photosynthetic rate (Pn), total nonstructure carbohydrate (TNC) content, shoot reducing sugar content (RSC), Na+ and K+ content in shoots and roots of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.). Sod pieces of `L-93' were grown in a greenhouse for over 7 months. Plants were subjected to three mowing heights: 6.4, 12.7, and 25.4 mm, and to four salinity levels of irrigation water: control, 5 dS·m–1, 10 dS·m–1, and 15 dS·m–1 prepared using ocean salts. Increasing salinity resulted in reduced turf quality, increased shoot Na+, reduced K+, and reduced K to Na ratio, to a greater extent for bentgrass mowed at 6.4 mm mowing height. Reducing sugar content in shoot increased with increasing salinity level except at 15 dS·m–1 and 6.4 mm mowing regime where RSC declined. Compared to the 25.4 mm mowing height, mowing height at 6.4 mm caused 32-39% reduction in TNC, a 25% to 37% increase in Na+ content, and 45% to 51% decrease in K content in shoots, which resulted in substantial decrease in K/Na ratio. These results demonstrated that the reduction of creeping bentgrass salt tolerance under low mowing height was associated with carbohydrate depletion that reduced the plant's genetic abilities to generate osmo-protectants (such as reducing sugar), to reduce Na+ accumulation in shoots, and to selectively uptake and transport K+. Therefore, a moderate increase in mowing height could improve salinity tolerance of creeping bentgrass.

Use of TEM in Plant Disease Diagnosis: A Xylem-Limited Bacterium Associated with Diseased ‘Toronto’ Creeping Bentgrass

1981 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 414-415
Author(s):  
Karen K. Baker ◽  
David L. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Osmium Tetroxide ◽  
Plant Disease ◽  
Leaf Tissue ◽  
Infectious Agent ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Unknown Etiology ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Putting Greens ◽  
Plant Disease Diagnosis

Plant disease diagnosis is most often accomplished by examination of symptoms and observation or isolation of causal organisms. Occasionally, diseases of unknown etiology occur and are difficult or impossible to accurately diagnose by the usual means. In 1980, such a disease was observed on Agrostis palustris Huds. c.v. Toronto (creeping bentgrass) putting greens at the Butler National Golf Course in Oak Brook, IL.The wilting symptoms of the disease and the irregular nature of its spread through affected areas suggested that an infectious agent was involved. However, normal isolation procedures did not yield any organism known to infect turf grass. TEM was employed in order to aid in the possible diagnosis of the disease.Crown, root and leaf tissue of both infected and symptomless plants were fixed in cold 5% glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M phosphate buffer, post-fixed in buffered 1% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in ethanol and embedded in a 1:1 mixture of Spurrs and epon-araldite epoxy resins.

Control of Silvery-Thread Moss (Bryum argenteum Hedw.) in Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.) Putting Greens

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 560-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith D. Burnell ◽  
Fred H. Yelverton ◽  
Joseph C. Neal ◽  
Travis W. Gannon ◽  
J. Scott McElroy
Keyword(s):  
Ferrous Sulfate ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Nitrogen Fertilizers ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Putting Greens ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Population Reduction ◽  
Elk River ◽  
Turfgrass Quality

Field experiments were conducted to evaluate chemicals for silvery-thread moss control and bentgrass turfgrass quality. Treatments included iron (Fe)-containing products, nitrogen fertilizers, Ultra Dawn dishwashing detergent (UD) at 3% (v/v), and oxadiazon. In general, greater silvery-thread moss control was achieved with Fe-containing products. Ferrous sulfate at 40 kg Fe/ha plus ammonium sulfate at 30 kg N/ha, a combined product of ferrous oxide, ferrous sulfate, and iron humates (FEOSH) at 125 kg Fe/ha, and a combined product of iron disulfide and ferrous sulfate (FEDS) at 112 kg Fe/ha reduced silvery-thread moss populations 87, 81, and 69%, respectively, 6 wk after initial treatment (WAIT). UD reduced silvery-thread moss populations 57% 6 WAIT. The addition of oxadiazon to Fe-containing treatments did not improve silvery-thread moss population reduction. Other experiments evaluated two formulations of chlorothalonil, each applied at two rates, chlorothalonil with zinc at 9.5 and 17.4 kg ai/ha and chlorothalonil without zinc at 9.1 and 18.2 kg/ ha, and two spray volumes (2,038 and 4,076 L/ha). Greater silvery-thread moss population reduction was observed at Jefferson Landing in 1999 compared with Elk River in 1999 and 2000. Rainfall events at Elk River in 1999 and 2000 within 24 h after application and no rain at Jefferson Landing may account for variation in performance of products between sites. However, no difference in chlorothalonil formulation, rate, or spray volume was observed in any location or year. These data indicate that Fe-containing fertilizers or chlorothalonil can be used to reduce silvery-thread moss populations in creeping bentgrass putting greens.

The effects of fungicides on the phylloplane yeast populations of creeping bentgrass

2002 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 522-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
James W Buck ◽  
Leon L Burpee
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Fungicide Resistance ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Potato Dextrose Agar ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Biological Control Agents ◽  
Yeast Flora ◽  
Phylloplane Yeasts ◽  
Total Yeast

The effects of fungicides on population size and the development of fungicide resistance in the phylloplane yeast flora of bentgrass was investigated. In the spring of 2001, azoxystrobin, chlorothalonil, flutolanil, and propiconazole were applied separately over a 6-week period to creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.). Total and fungicide-resistant yeast populations were assessed by dilution plating onto either potato dextrose agar or potato dextrose agar amended with the test fungicides. Total yeast populations in the fungicide- treated plots were significantly lower than the check plots on three out of four sample dates. In the fall, azoxystrobin or propiconazole were applied twice to the bentgrass over 3 weeks. Significantly larger total yeast populations were observed compared with resistant or highly resistant populations for each treatment on every sample date. Total yeast populations were significantly higher in the check plots compared with either the propiconazole- or azoxystrobin-treated plots on the first three of five sample dates. A collection of yeasts (N = 114) with no prior exposure to fungicides were more sensitive to chlorothalonil, propiconazole, flutolanil, and iprodione than a second group (N = 115) isolated from fungicide-treated turfgrass. These results suggest that fungicide resistance among phylloplane yeasts is widespread and could be an important factor in the development of biological control agents for turfgrass diseases.Key words: yeast, biological control, fungicide, resistance, phylloplane.

Plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds.)

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 453-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng Zhong ◽  
C. Srinivasan ◽  
Mariam B. Sticklen
Keyword(s):  
Somatic Embryogenesis ◽  
Plant Regeneration ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Agrostis Palustris

scholarly journals Pythium Species Associated with Root Dysfunction of Creeping Bentgrass in Maryland

Plant Disease ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Feng ◽  
Peter H. Dernoeden
Keyword(s):  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Golf Courses ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Pythium Species ◽  
Annual Bluegrass ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Putting Green ◽  
Pathogenicity Tests ◽  
Cornmeal Agar ◽  
Isolated Species

Putting green samples (n = 109) were inspected for the presence of Pythium oospores in roots of plants from golf courses (n = 39) in Maryland and adjacent states. Twenty-eight Pythium isolates were recovered from creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) (n = 25) and annual bluegrass (Poa annua) (n = 3) plants. Most isolates associated with Pythium-induced root dysfunction were from greens less than 3 years of age and were obtained primarily between March and June, 1995 to 1997. Eight Pythium species (P. aristosporum, P. aphanidermatum, P. catenulatum, P. graminicola, P. torulosum, P. vanterpoolii, P. volutum, and P. ultimum var. ultimum) were isolated from creeping bentgrass and two species (P. graminicola and P. torulosum) were from annual bluegrass. All species, except P. catenulatum, were pathogenic to ‘Crenshaw’ creeping bentgrass seedlings in postemergence pathogenicity tests. P. aristosporum (n = 3) and P. aphanidermatum (n = 1) were highly aggressive at a low (18°C) and a high temperature (28°C). P. graminicola (n = 1) was low to moderately aggressive. P. torulosum (n = 12) was the most frequently isolated species, but most isolates were either nonpathogenic or caused very little disease. P. aristosporum (n = 3) and P. aphanidermatum (n = 1) were highly aggressive and were associated with rapid growth at 18 and 28°C on cornmeal agar. P. volutum (n = 1) was highly aggressive at 18°C, but was one of slowest growing isolates. Infected roots were generally symptomless, and the number of oospores observed in roots was not always a good indicator of disease or of the aggressiveness of an isolate. Large numbers of oospores of low or even nonpathogenic species may cause dysfunction of creeping bentgrass roots.

Tiller production and dry matter accumulation in six creeping bentgrass genotypes grown in Manitoba

1991 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 595-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Cattani ◽  
M. H. Entz ◽  
K. C. Bamford
Keyword(s):  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Biomass Accumulation ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Dry Matter Accumulation ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Putting Green ◽  
Green Core ◽  
Tiller Density

Tiller production and dry matter accumulation were monitored in six creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Hud.) genotypes maintained as a putting green. Core samples for tiller density and aboveground biomass determinations were collected at intervals between October 1987 and October 1989. Two experimental lines, UM84-01 and UM86-01, produced more (P < 0.05) tillers and higher (P < 0.05) aboveground biomass than the commercial cultivars Penneagle, National, Emerald and Seaside. Both tiller density and aboveground biomass rankings among genotypes were consistent over the study period. Although lower tillering genotypes had a significantly higher aboveground biomass per tiller, total aboveground biomass was influenced more by tiller density than by biomass per tiller. The relationship between tiller density and tiller dry weight was expressed mathematically to determine potential wear stress resistance among genotypes. Key words: Creeping bentgrass, tillering, biomass accumulation

scholarly journals Variation Among Creeping Bentgrass Cultivars in Recovery from Epidemics of Dollar Spot

Plant Disease ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Vincelli ◽  
J. C. Doney ◽  
A. J. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Partial Resistance ◽  
Creeping Bentgrass ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
The Other ◽  
Agrostis Palustris ◽  
Dollar Spot ◽  
Fungicide Treatment ◽  
Recovery Pattern ◽  
Host Growth

Dollar spot was allowed to develop from natural inoculum in 15 cultivars of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris) until epidemics were well established. At that time, initial disease intensities were assessed, and one-half of each plot was treated with cyproconazole at 0.3 kg a.i./ha. For each cultivar, disease intensities were assessed 6 to 14 days after treatment in both treated and untreated subplots. Three general patterns of recovery were observed: (i) significant recovery only with fungicide treatment; (ii) some recovery without treatment but greater recovery with treatment; and (iii) equal recovery with or without treatment. Only one cultivar exhibited the same recovery pattern in all 3 years; 10 of 15 cultivars exhibited the same pattern in 2 years of testing. In 1991 and 1993, nearly all cultivars tested recovered more quickly when treated with cyproconazole than when left untreated. In contrast, nearly half of the cultivars in 1992 exhibited the same level of recovery in both treated and untreated subplots. Weather conditions during the 1992 test period were cooler and wetter than during the other years of the study, which probably favored host growth and turfgrass recovery. While some cultivars exhibited partial resistance to dollar spot, no consistent association was found among creeping bentgrass cultivars between the level of partial resistance to, and recuperative ability from, dollar spot. Although the recuperative potential of cultivars varies in different environments, the ability to recover quickly from a disease outbreak could be a valuable cultivar attribute, particularly if it can sometimes occur without a curative fungicide application.

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