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dc.creatorAbernathy, Scott David
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-07T22:54:42Z
dc.date.available2012-06-07T22:54:42Z
dc.date.created1999
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1999-THESIS-A14
dc.descriptionDue to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item.en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 80-82).en
dc.description.abstractPlant diseases are a major problem on creeping bentgrass greens and can significantly decrease putting quality. Blended populations comprised of two or more cultivars within the same species have been utilized to decrease disease development in numerous plant-pathogen systems. Blending of creeping bentgrass cultivars to increase disease resistance merits investigation. Five creeping bentgrass cultivars were established on a United States Golf Association specified experimental green in College Station, Texas. One, two and three-way blends were planted using equal proportions of each component. Every possible blend combination was represented. All treatments were replicated three timed in a randomized complete block design. All disease activity was naturally occurring with the exception of one inoculation event. Comparisons of disease activity, quality, shoot density, and root length density in single cultivars compared to blended treatments revealed few differences. Differences were demonstrated among single line cultivar treatments. Generally, single line cultivar performance was an indicator of performance in blends. Cultivars that performed well when planted alone increased the performance of treatments were they were a component in the blend compared to all treatments were they were not included. The opposite was true for cultivars that performed poorly. Cultivars that performed only moderately did not impact performance of treatments where they were included as a blend component. This general trend however was not always the case. Consequently, cultivars used in blended populations should be selected judiciously.en
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
dc.subjectagronomy.en
dc.subjectMajor agronomy.en
dc.titleDisease resistance and performance of blended populations of creepien
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineagronomyen
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
dc.type.genrethesisen
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