Claim · model-written summary
After 5 years in the TF-KB mixture, tall fescue comprised 44% of the turf compared with 47% for Kentucky bluegrass.
- Taxon
- Tall Fescue
Lolium arundinaceumt0 - Outcome
- comprisede4
- Value
- 44%e4
- Qualifier
- compared with 47% KBe4
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Tall Fescue”
e4“at 5 yr comprised 44% of the turf compared with 47% KB”
Title
K. L. Hunt; J. H. Dunn Agronomy Journal 1993. doi:10.2134/agronj1993.00021962008500020009x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation In the TF-PR mixture, tall fescue declined to 11% of the plant population after 5 years.
- Observation In the TF-KB-PR mixture, tall fescue comprised 9% of the turf after 5 years.
- Observation In the TF-KB mixture, tall fescue fell from 60% to 44% in the first year.
- Intervention effect The TF-KB mixture and tall fescue monoculture received higher quality ratings than the TF-PR and TF-KB-PR mixtures from August 1988.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen and cutting height had little effect on the botanical composition of the turf.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen and cutting height had occasional minor effects on turfgrass quality.
- Observation Selected blended tall fescue cultivars under non-irrigated conditions can adapt to close mowing and remain competitive in mixture with Kentucky bluegrass over several years.