News tagged with bermuda grass

Tall fescue helps protect peach trees from nematodes

Planting tall fescue grass as a ground cover in peach orchards helps protect peach trees from nematodes that attack tree roots, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UGA licenses new Bermuda grass that thrives in sun and shade

An internationally recognized turfgrass researcher from the University of Georgia has developed a new Bermudagrass that thrives in sun, but also produces healthy turf in areas with less than half the light normally required ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Cool-season grasses more profitable than warm-season grasses

Access to swine effluent or waste water can help a producer grow more grass. But a Texas AgriLife Researcher says the grass is "greener" economically if it is a cool-season rather than a warm-season variety.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lawn of native grasses beats traditional lawn for lushness, weed resistance

A lawn of regionally native grasses would take less resources to maintain while providing as lush a carpet as a common turfgrass used in the South, according to a study by ecologists at The University of Texas ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers study microbes in cattle to unlock metabolic disease mysteries

Switching from warm-season grasses to cool-season forages can give livestock a belly ache, in some cases a deadly one, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wheat curl mite might require non-chemical control

The wheat curl mite is a minute menace that wreaks havoc on the region's wheat crop; but it has no enemies currently that can take it out. That doesn't mean Texas AgriLife Research scientists aren't trying to find ways to ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anropologist explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in the diet of early human ancestors

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has advanced the investigation of the diet of early human ancestors ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Study explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in the diet of early human ancestors

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has advanced the investigation of the diet of early human ancestors ...

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created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2

New national study links asthma to allergies

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 27, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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