Persistence of Overseeded Cool-Season Grasses in Bermudagrass Turf

Table 2

Percent cover of ryegrasses as affected by seeding rate, foramsulfuron application, and overseeded species in 2005 for the first experiment.^a

Ryegrass species	Foramsulfuron	Seeding rate (kg/ha)	Percent cover
			November	February	June
Intermediate	No	224	53 ab	59 b	5 bc
	No	448	58 a	66 a	2 c
Perennial	No	224	40 c	49 d	4 bc
	No	448	47 b	59 b	9 a
Intermediate	Yes	224	50 b	57 bc	2 c
	Yes	448	55 ab	63 ab	1 c
Perennial	Yes	224	44 bc	51 cd	6 ab
	Yes	448	51 b	56 bc	6 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.