Research Article

Persistence of Overseeded Cool-Season Grasses in Bermudagrass Turf

Table 5

Percent cover of overseeded species as affected by foramsulfuron application timing in 2005 for the second experiment.a

SpeciesForamsulfuron applicationPercent cover
NovemberFebruary June

Intermediate ryegrassNone56 a68 a 20 ab
Hybrid bluegrass None 8 b 10 b 10 cde
Italian ryegrass None 58 a 73 a 23 a
Intermediate ryegrass March 60 a 71 a 23 a
Hybrid bluegrass March 3 b 5 b 6 e
Italian ryegrass March 54 a 70 a 16 bcd
Intermediate ryegrass April 55 a 70 a 19 abc
Hybrid bluegrass April 2 b 4 b 7 e
Italian ryegrass April 56 a 71 a 19 abc
Intermediate ryegrass May 57 a 69 a 18 abc
Hybrid bluegrass May 5 b 7 b 8 e
Italian ryegrass May 53 a 68 a 14 cd

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.