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Selection, Installation, and Evaluation of Zoysiagrass

项目名称：	Selection, Installation, and Evaluation of Zoysiagrass
摘要：	North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) currently has to maintain vegetation under and around over 1000 miles of median rail. The Department has used a combination of chemical and mechanical weed control management strategies in the past that have proven to be time consuming and expensive to implement. Zoysiagrasses are known to be a thick sod-producing turfgrass that once adequately established have minimal weed invasion. Unfortunately some of the existing Zoysiagrasses cultivars can be slow to establish unless they are sodded to cover all existing exposed soil. Zoysiagrasses germplasm that can be established quicker using sprigging methods may provide a solution to the establishment and the long-term maintenance. This project will evaluate the establishment and quality characteristics of new germplasm compared to cultivars available commercially. These evaluations will be on NC roadsides in different climatic regions of NC. The outcome of this research will provide NCDOT with information so that they can select the best germplasm for the establishment and long-term maintenance of NC roadsides.
状态：	Active
资金：	$312,922
资助组织：	North Carolina Department of Transportation
管理组织：	North Carolina Department of Transportation
项目负责人：	Bolyard, Steven
执行机构：	North Carolina State University, Raleigh
主要研究人员：	Milla-Lewis, Susana
开始时间：	20170801
预计完成日期：	20200731
实际结束时间：	0