PRODUCTION OF SEEDED AND VEGETATIVELY PLANTED BERMUDAGRASSES

摘要

Bermudagrass varieties planted from seed are less expensive to establish and do not require the intense seedbed preparation that sprigged varieties do. A study comparing seeded bermudagrasses, two bahiagrasses, 'Coastal' bermudagrass, and 'Tifton 85'bermudagrass was conducted for four years in northeast Texas. Summer droughts occurred in two of the four years. Tifton 85 was the most productive averaging 9500 lb dry matter/ac over four years. Bermudagrass varieties established from seed had average yields ranging from 5000 to 6800 lb dry matter/ac and were similar to Coastal bermudagrass. 'Pensacola' and Tifton 9' bahiagrasses were the least productive with annual yields averaging only 3600 lb dry matter/ac.