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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Specifically, Toronto (C-15), Seaside, and Nemisilla are the cultivars of creeping bentgrass most commonly affected. [2] The bacteria enter the plant host and interfere with water and nutrient flow, causing the plant to look drought stressed and to take on a blueish-purple color. Additionally, symptoms of bacterial wilt of turf grass include ...
Agrostis scabra is a common species of grass known by the common names hair grass, [2] rough bent, [3] rough bent grass, [2] winter bent grass, [2] and ticklegrass. [4] A tumbleweed , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] it is a bunchgrass native to Asia and much of North America , and widely known elsewhere as an introduced species .
Ohio farmers, for the most part, are thrilled with the way crops are growing this year. "We seem to have gotten off to a good start," said Sam Boyce of the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association.
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.