Browsing Department of Crop & Soil Science by Subject "Grasses -- Seeds -- Yields -- Oregon -- Willamette River Valley"

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Residue management and yield characteristics of fine fescue seed crops

Schumacher, Derek David (2005-04-29)

Chewings fescue [Festuca rubra L. subsp. fallax (Thuill.) Nyman] is a desired turfgrass with dense sod forming capabilities and superior shade tolerance. Thermal residue management (open-field burning) has traditionall ...
Trinexapac-ethyl and open-field burning in creeping red fescue (Festuca rubra L.) seed production in the Willamette Valley

Zapiola, Maria Luz (2004-10-22)

Open-field burning has been an effective, economical, and widespread method of post-harvest residue management in creeping red fescue seed production in the Willamette Valley since the late 1940s. However, the use of f ...