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Agrostis stolonifera (creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass [3] [4] [5]) is a perennial grass species in the family Poaceae. It is widely used as turf for golf courses .
Pythium aristosporum causes root dysfunction in creeping bentgrass. [1] Creeping bentgrass is a cool season grass that is found mainly on the putting greens, fairways, and tees of golf courses in the Northern United States due to its ability to be cut at very low heights (an eighth of an inch) and survive winters relatively unharmed. [2]
In 2004, its pollen was found to have reached wild growing bentgrass populations up to 14 kilometres away. Cross-pollinating Agrostis gigantea was even found at a distance of 21 kilometres. [ 10 ] Scotts could not remove all genetically engineered plants and in 2007, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service fined them $500,000 for non ...
Creeping bentgrass is a turf type that is used in many putting greens on golf courses. The majority of incidents of infection have occurred in the southeastern US. This regional distribution is due to the pathogens ideal environmental conditions. When creeping bentgrass is infected by Pythium volutum, areas of chlorosis, wilt and drought stress ...
Agrostis scabra is a perennial bunchgrass growing mainly upright in form to heights of 6–39 in (15–99 cm), but reaching as high as 50 in (130 cm). It has been found growing as high as 12,000 ft (3,658 m) in Colorado. [8] The leaves are rough with tiny hairs and up to about 14 centimeters long.
Agrostis densiflora is a species of grass known by the common name California bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern and central California , United States, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs.
It is found growing in neutral to acidic soils. It has a very fine texture and like most bent grasses grows very dense. Although this species is used on golf courses, providing some of the best ball playing surfaces in the world, it also produces a spectacular visual appearance when maintained properly.
Agrostis elliottiana grows in a variety of habitats, including disturbed areas such as roadsides. It is an annual grass growing up to about 45 centimeters tall. The leaves are short and thready.