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Published in Crop Sci 7:409-412 (1967)
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Vegetative Development and Organic Reserves of Tall Fescue Under Conditions of Accumulated Growth1

Restituto R. Lopez, Arthur G. Matches and J. D. Baldridge2

We evaluated tiller and bud development and storage of organic reserves by ‘Kentucky 31’ tall fescue under accumulated growth conditions. Number of tillers increased from June to July and remained fairly constant thereafter. Number of buds increased progressively from June to September before leveling off. Buds were located predominantly on the stem bases, with fewer buds on the nodes of connecting rhizomes. Most buds remained short or dormant from June 23 to November 12. Apparently, summer growth under accumulated growth conditions arose largely from tillers that were present in June; only a few buds elongated to form new tillers. Organic reserves increased 174% between August and November, followed by a 30% decline between January and February.

Key Words: Festuca arundinacea • lateral bud appearance • bud elongation • tillering

1 Joint contribution from the Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Field Crops, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, Columbia. Journal Series 5040. Approved by the Director Nov. 28, 1966. Contains part of a thesis submitted by the senior author to the University of Missouri in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree.

2 Rockefeller Fellow, and Research Agronomists, Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, and Associate Professors, Department of Field Crops, University of Missouri.

Received for publication January 20, 1967.




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