Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

McCurdy, James D.

Committee Member

Barickman, T. Casey

Committee Member

Tseng, Te-Ming P.

Committee Member

Tomaso-Peterson, Maria

Committee Member

Chesser, Daniel

Date of Degree

8-7-2020

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Agronomy

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Abstract

Shelf-life and transplantation success of sodded and sprigged turfgrasses are negatively affected by disruptive harvest techniques and post-harvest handling/storage conditions. Air and light are limited inside of stacked pallets of sod or masses of sprigs/plugs, which triggers multiple processes that may lead to poor transplant success. Current research looks at the effects of several commercially available turfgrass products and cultural practices on post-harvest bermudagrass storage, its grow-in after transplantation, and harvested area recovery. Ensilation and internal heating sometimes observed in stored, full-sized pallets of sod were difficult to simulate in small-size sod masses. When storage environment and post-harvest conditions were controlled, refrigeration of stored bermudagrass slowed establishment, which is contrary to common knowledge and industry practice. Fluxapyroxad + pyraclostrobin fungicide positively affected turfgrass grow-in during field and greenhouse experiments, and in some instances hastened growth and recovery of bermudagrass.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18034

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