Persistence of Overseeded Cool-Season Grasses in Bermudagrass Turf

Table 3

Persistence of two ryegrass species one year after seeding as affected by herbicide application in 2004 and 2005 for the first experiment.^a

Ryegrass species	Seeding rate	Foramsulfuron application	Plants per m^2
			Trial 1	Trial 2
Intermediate	224	No	10.8 b	107.3 b
Intermediate	448	No	30.5 b	115.4 b
Perennial	224	No	60.5 b	127.1 b
Perennial	448	No	170.5 a	207.7 a
Intermediate	224	Yes	1.2 b	95.6 b
Intermediate	448	Yes	40.2 b	152.3 ab
Perennial	224	Yes	5.1 b	130.7 b
Perennial	448	Yes	150.3 a	142.8 ab

^aMeans within a column with the same letter are not significantly different according to the Fisher’s protected least significant difference test at the 0.05 level.