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Dep. of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506-5506 USA
bhuang{at}oz.oznet.ksu.edu
High air or soil temperature is a major factor limiting growth of cool-season grasses during summer months in the transition zone and warm climate regions. Knowledge of how cool-season grasses respond to differential high air and soil temperatures would facilitate our understanding of heat tolerance mechanisms. The objectives of this study were to compare the influence of air versus soil temperature on turf quality, physiological activities, and root growth of creeping bentgrass (Agrostis palustris Huds. cv. Penncross), and to investigate whether shoot and root growth could be improved by reducing soil temperature at high air temperatures. Shoots and roots were exposed to four air/soil temperature regimes (20/20, 20/35, 35/20, and 35/35°C) for 56 d in growth chambers. High soil (20/35°C) and high air/soil (35/35°C) temperatures reduced canopy photosynthetic rate (Pn), turf quality, and the number of roots. High air/soil temperatures also reduced photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm). The adverse effects of high air/soil temperatures were more pronounced than either high soil or air temperature alone for turf quality, Fv/Fm, Pn, and root growth. High soil temperature was more detrimental than high air temperature. Lowering soil temperature at high air temperatures (35/20°C) increased root growth, canopy Pn, Fv/Fm, and turf quality, compared with high soil temperature at low or high air temperatures (20/35 and 35/35°C). The results demonstrated that roots mediated shoot responses to high temperature stress in creeping bentgrass, and that reducing root-zone temperature could help maintain quality creeping bentgrass under supraoptimal ambient temperatures.
Abbreviations: Fv/Fm, photochemical efficiency • LSD, least significance difference • Pn, canopy photosynthetic rate
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