60 - 75 F (air temp) - Answer-Shoot growth maximum at ? for cool season grasses.
50 - 60 F (soil temp) - Answer-Root growth maximum at ? for cool season grasses.
10 F - Answer-Cool Season grasses generally will not winter kill at temperatures above ?
True - Answer-T/F All can be establishe...
Turfgrass Management Exam 2
Questions and Answers
60 - 75 F (air temp) - Answer-Shoot growth maximum at ? for cool season grasses.
50 - 60 F (soil temp) - Answer-Root growth maximum at ? for cool season grasses.
10 F - Answer-Cool Season grasses generally will not winter kill at temperatures
above ?
True - Answer-T/F All can be established from seed.
True - Answer-T/F Generally have shallower root systems.
Rhizome and stolon - Answer-? development is either absent or much weaker than
warm season grasses
True - Answer-T/F Fescues, ryegrass in particular tend to get clumpy
Periodic re-seeding - Answer-Cool season grasses require periodic ? to maintain good
density.
Europe - Answer-Origin of Tall fescue?
Pastures, utility turf, & lawns - Answer-What are some uses for tall fescue?
Tall fescue - Answer-Has a lower mowing limit around 2 inches.
Tall fescue - Answer-Most heat tolerant cool season grass?
Tall fescue - Answer-Most drought tolerant cool season grass?
Tall fescue - Answer-In the South, this cool season grass can do better in moderate
shade than full sun.
•Good shade tolerance
•Can establish from seed
•Good wear resistance
•Does well in heavy, clay soils
•Green in winter - Answer-Advantages of Tall Fescue?
•Poor recuperative ability
•Not as heat tolerant as any warm season grass
•Coarse leaf texture
, •Cannot tolerate low mowing heights
•Bunch-type growth habit can lead to clumpy lawns - Answer-Disadvantages of Tall
Fescue?
Kentucky 31 (Tall Fescue) - Answer--Oldest variety, still a standard
-Hardy, tough variety with wide blades and coarse texture
-Collected from pasture in Kentucky in 1931
Fungi living inside a Tall Fescue plant. - Answer-What's an endophyte?
•Better heat and drought tolerance
•Resistance to some insect feeding
•Longer lived
•Endophyte infection spreads via seed - Answer-Benefits of Endophytes in Turf Type
Tall Fescues
•Can cause spontaneous abortions in pregnant mares
•Other health problems in animals
•Related to alkaloids produced by the fungi - Answer-Drawback of Endophytes?
-Rebel series
-Falcon series
-Bulldog 51
-Hounddog
-"Artist series:" Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Leonardo - Answer-What are some turf type
tall fescues?
•Titan series
•Grande Series
•RTF - Answer-What are some Tall fescues with Rhizomes?
Jessup, Georgia 5 (Tall Fescue) - Answer--MaxQ is name of endophyte
-Mostly marketed for pasture, can be used for turf
Fine Fescues - Answer-Good shade tolerance - among the best of all grasses
Creeping red Fescue - Answer-What is the only fine Fescue without a bunch type
growth habit?
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