Breeding to adapt annual ryegrass (Lolium multi f lorum Lam .) from a forage to a dwarf turfgrass for overseeding sports fields
Annual ryegrass ( Lolium multi f lorum Lam.) is recognized as a forage grass grown during the cool‐season in much of the higher rainfall regions of the southern USA.Seed production of annual ryegrass, sometimes called Italian ryegrass, is almost exclusively in the state of Oregon.The use of annual forage‐type ryegrass for turf is not recommended due to its rapid spring growth, which requires mowing two or three times per week.A ryegrass forage breeding program has been underway at our research center since 1971.Prior to 1991, small or dwarf‐type plants were discarded because they had not demonstrated high forage biomass potential.
turfgrass annual ryegrass Lolium multiflorum
L.R.Nelson Jimmy Crowder
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station,P.O.Box 200Overton,Texas 75684 USA. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station,P.O.Box 200 Overton,Texas 75684 USA.
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呼和浩特
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2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）