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TRANSITIONING TURFGRASS

trial has been established in a naturalized rough will be measured during the spring, and dry mass
dominated by tall fescue at Golf della Montecchia. of tall fescue and R. alectorolophus will also be de-
Four treatments were compared: 1. plot seeded termined. The assumption is that hemiparasites can
with R. alectorolophus without spring fertilization; reduce biomass production and vertical growth of
2. plot seeded with R. alectorolophus and fertilized grasses, helping the spontaneous establishment of
in spring; 3. plot without R. alectorolophus and fer- new species.
tilized in spring; 4. plot without R. alectorolophus
without spring fertilization (control). Rhinanthus
alectorolophus was seeded in November 2018, References
and spring fertilization consisted in 60 kg/ha of
N using urea. Plots are arranged in a randomized Heyduk S., Pornaro, C., Macolino S., 2018. Hemiparasitic
complete block design with three replications. Rhi- plants for suppressing tall fescue in golf roughs: preliminary
results of using Rhinanthus alectorolophus. Proceedings of 6
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nanthus alectorolophus plants will be counted, the ETS Conference Different shade of green, Manchester, UK,
height of tall fescue and R. alectorolophus plants 2 -4 July 2018.
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