Response of an Irrigated Cool- and Warm-Season Grass Mixture to Nitrogen and Harvest Scheme

Petersen, Joseph L.; Moser, Lowell E.

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“…During this project, timothy grass was observed to initiate growth in early April, mature in late June for the first cut, and produce reasonable re-growth in late August at Picture Butte and in September at Bow Island. This pattern of growth has been reported for timothy (McElroy and Kunelius 1995) and other cool-season grasses in eastern Nesbraska (Petersen and Moser 1985). McElroy and Kunelius (1995) reported timothy to be most productive during spring and early summer under cool, long-day conditions with abundant moisture.…”

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Effect of irrigation management on yield and water use efficiency of timothy hay in southern Alberta

Efetha¹,

Dow²,

McKenzie³

et al. 2009

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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. 2009. Effect of irrigation management on yield, and water use efficiency of timothy hay in southern Alberta. Can. J. Plant Sci. 89: 1075Á1088. Timothy hay production for export markets has recently expanded on the Canadian prairies. Irrigation management information for timothy production is limited; therefore, irrigation practices to achieve optimum dry matter (DM) yield and water use efficiency (WUE) of timothy hay were investigated from 2005 to 2007 near Bow Island and Picture Butte, Alberta. Treatments were defined by managing irrigation using 0.25-m, 0.50-m, 0.75-m, and 1.00-m root zone depths with an allowable moisture depletion of 50% of available soil moisture. The 0.25-m root zone treatment resulted in greater first-cut timothy DM yield than the 1.00-m root zone treatment at Bow Island. The 0.50-m root zone treatment resulted in greater first-cut timothy DM yield than the 0.25-m root zone treatment at Picture Butte. Treatment effect on the second-cut DM yield was not significant. Water use for the first-cut crop was significantly greater for the 0.25-m root zone treatment at Bow Island and for the 0.50-m root zone treatment at Picture Butte than the other treatments in 2006 and 2007. There was no consistent treatment effect with the second-cut crop water use. The treatment effect with the first-cut WUE was not significant and there was no consistent treatment effect with the second-cut WUE. Use of a shallow root zone depth (0.25Á0.50 m) for irrigation management could optimize first-cut timothy production for export, but producers may need to avoid irrigating the second-cut crop to conserve water for other efficient uses in southern Alberta.

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Effect of irrigation management on yield and water use efficiency of timothy hay in southern Alberta

Efetha¹,

Dow²,

McKenzie³

et al. 2009

Can. J. Plant Sci.

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“…Petersen and Moser (1985) noted brome growth leveled off or declined with fertilizer concentrations of 980-1380 ppm of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), attributing the effect to competition and soil water differences. Most research focused on optimum fertilizer nitrogen as ammonium to promote growth of brome as a forage crop.…”

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Teaching Ecological Restoration to Strangers and Friends: An Adult Education Program in Northeastern Illinois

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2010

Ecological Restoration

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“…Permanent cool‐ and warm‐season turfgrass mixtures are not common due to difficulties in maintaining the desired botanical composition (Davis, 1958; Beard, 1973; Johnson, 2003). However, successful cool‐ and warm‐season grass mixtures exist in forage, pasture, and turfgrass areas (Stoutemyer, 1953; Youngner, 1958; Wilkinson et al, 1968; Petersen and Moser, 1985; Pitman, 1999).…”

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Overseeding Buffalograss Turf with Fine‐Leaved Fescues

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Buffalograss [Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm.] use as a turf Petersen and Moser, 1985; Pitman, 1999). in the northern USA is limited to a certain extent by its extended winter dormancy. A mixture of buffalograss with cool-season turf-Fine-leaved fescues including hard fescue (HF), blue grasses might extend the turf's green appearance and enhance quality. fescue (BF), sheep fescue (F. ovina L.), Chewings fes-Research was conducted to determine the effects of overseeding finecue (CF), and creeping red fescue (F. rubra L. ssp. rubra) leaved fescue (Festuca spp.) in buffalograss turf on turfgrass color are adapted to low-maintenance use (Roberts, 1990; and quality and the effects of species, seeding rate and date, and core Watschke, 1990) and are drought resistant but do not cultivation on fine-leaved fescue establishment in buffalograss turf. tolerate high-temperature stress (Hanson et al., 1969). Hard fescue (F. longifolia Thuill.), blue fescue (F. ovina L. var. glauca These characteristics could complement buffalograss in Lam.), and Chewings fescue (F. rubra L. ssp. commutata Gaud.); seedturfgrass mixtures. ing rates (10, 20, and 30 g m Ϫ2); seeding dates (fall, spring, or split This study was conducted to determine the effects of fall-spring); and core cultivation (single or double pass) were evaluoverseeding fine-leaved fescue in buffalograss turf on ated for species composition, turfgrass quality, color, and green cover at the John Seaton Anderson Turfgrass Research Facility located turfgrass color and quality and the effects of species, seednear Mead, NE. Buffalograss turf overseeded with blue fescue in fall ing rate and date, and core cultivation on fine-leaved had the highest turfgrass quality, color, and green cover ratings. Fall fescue establishment in buffalograss turf. overseeding resulted in the highest shoot density values. Spring overseedings were below acceptable levels. Botanical composition of the MATERIALS AND METHODS mixtures overseeded in fall reached 75 to 80% fescue and 20 to Seeding date and seeding rate studies were conducted at 25% buffalograss after 2 yr. Seeding rate effect was linear with each the John Seaton Anderson Turfgrass Research Facility located increment between 10 g m Ϫ2 and 30 g m Ϫ2 increasing fine-leaved fesnear Mead, NE. The soil was a Tomek silty-clay loam (fine, cue shoot density, turfgrass quality, color, and green cover. Blue fescuesmectitic, mesic Pachic Argiudolls). The experimental design buffalograss mixtures overseeded in the fall exhibited 80% green cover was a randomized complete block with treatments arranged when buffalograss was dormant. Turfgrass green cover in the mixture in a 3 (species) ϫ 3 (seeding rate or seeding date) ϫ 2 (core was extended by 2 months when compared to buffalograss monostands cultivation) factorial. Treatments were replicated three times growing in areas adjacent to the study. The results of this study support and treatment plot size was 1.5 by 2.4 m (3.6 m 2). the use of fine-leaved fescue and buffalograss mixtures to extend Mature...

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Response of an Irrigated Cool- and Warm-Season Grass Mixture to Nitrogen and Harvest Scheme

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Effect of irrigation management on yield and water use efficiency of timothy hay in southern Alberta

Effect of irrigation management on yield and water use efficiency of timothy hay in southern Alberta

Teaching Ecological Restoration to Strangers and Friends: An Adult Education Program in Northeastern Illinois

Overseeding Buffalograss Turf with Fine‐Leaved Fescues

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