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
Species
Foramsulfuron application
Percent cover
November
February
June
Intermediate ryegrass
None
56 a
68 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.