TY - JOUR
T1 - The performance of fine-leaved Festuca spp. in close-mown turf
AU - Newell, Andrew
AU - Gooding, Michael
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Forty-nine Festuca cultivars were assessed, representing F. rubra subsp. commutata [F. nigrescens] (Chewings fescue), F. rubra subsp. litoralis (slender creeping red fescue), F. rubra subsp. rubra (strong creeping red fescue), F. longifolia (hard fescue) and F. tenuifolia [F. filiformis] (fine-leaved sheep's fescue). Data are presented on shoot number/m2, leaf width, green leaf number/shoot, shoot fresh and dry mass, depth of thatch, general merit scores and mean order of preference. As a group, there was little difference between Chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue, but both types were finer leaved and maintained larger shoot densities than the other types studied. Some of the recently bred strong creeping red fescues were comparable with the older, but well established, cultivars of Chewings fescue.
AB - Forty-nine Festuca cultivars were assessed, representing F. rubra subsp. commutata [F. nigrescens] (Chewings fescue), F. rubra subsp. litoralis (slender creeping red fescue), F. rubra subsp. rubra (strong creeping red fescue), F. longifolia (hard fescue) and F. tenuifolia [F. filiformis] (fine-leaved sheep's fescue). Data are presented on shoot number/m2, leaf width, green leaf number/shoot, shoot fresh and dry mass, depth of thatch, general merit scores and mean order of preference. As a group, there was little difference between Chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue, but both types were finer leaved and maintained larger shoot densities than the other types studied. Some of the recently bred strong creeping red fescues were comparable with the older, but well established, cultivars of Chewings fescue.
UR - https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19912305267
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/45195
M3 - Article
SN - 0561-6832
VL - 66
SP - 120
EP - 133
JO - Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute
JF - Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute
ER -