Agronomic behaviour of some Cynodon dactylon ecotypes for turfgrass use in the Mediterranean climate

Abstract

In Italy, the expansion of turfgrasses is limited by the lack of suitable species for cultivation in the Mediterranean climate. With this view, Mi.Te.A.Med. (Turfgrass improvement in the Mediterranean climate) research project was developed with the main purpose to find out and agronomically characterise native turfgrass species of Southern and Central Italy and to compare them with some commercial cultivars. During the first step of the research, 11 sites from 6 regions of Southern and Central Italy were identified. In these sites 24 ecotypes of Cynodon dactylon L. (Pers.) were collected and their habitus, phenology plus some biometric parameters have been determined. During the two years of research both botanic and agronomic characterisation of the collected C. dactylon ecotypes and their comparison with 3 commercial cultivars (Panama, Transcontinental and Yukon) was carried out. In the first year the colour loss interval was assessed. In the second year, colour index was measured by an electronic colorimeter, weekly growth rate was measured by a turfmeter, turf quality and ground cover percentage were assessed by visual estimate. Some native accessions showed behaviour similar to commercial cultivars while an ecotype from the Abruzzo region showed better results compared to the commercial cultivars for several quality indices.

Evaluation of warm season turfgrasses for various qualitative and quantitative traits under Gujarat agro-climatic conditions

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Morphological characteristics of different accessions of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and physico-chemical properties of soil of their growing region in Bangladesh

“…magnitude of physicochemical properties (12b) the soil of different habitats considered in the present study were estimated. Discussion The present study was conducted to evaluate the morphological (both botanic and agronomic) behaviour of 19 collected native populations of Cynodon dactylon from 04 (four) different zones of the country regarding the variations among them.Somewhat similar type of works on C. dactylon was carried out byViggiani et al (2015) in Italy. During the first step of research, they identified 11 sites from six regions of Southern and Central Italy and from these sites they collected 24 ecotypes for determining their habitus and phenology plus some biometrical parameters.…”

Sporobolus Spicatus, a Potential Turf Grass Under the Climatic Conditions of Uae

“…Our results are in line with the findings of Pooya et al (2013) who also found that native grasses were better in leaf colour quality than commercial cultivars. Similarly, Viggiani et al (2015) also found native ecotypes performing better than commercial cultivars in terms of colour index, growth rate and green cover.…”

“…Some of the indigenous grasses have quality indices, which are better than prevailing varieties (Viggiani et al, 2015). Hence, we need to identify these salt tolerant grasses and introduce in landscaping so that sustainability in landscaping field could be achieved (Ashraf et al 2012).…”