Historical Development

Buckner, R. C.; Powell, Jerrell B.; Frakes, R. V.

doi:10.2134/agronmonogr20.c1

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“…Continental (summer-active) tall fescue was introduced to the USA in the 1800s (Hoveland 2009), and it has become the most important cultivated pasture grass, occupying over 15 million ha (Buckner et al 1979). Continental tall fescue is a strong competitor with native vegetation, and it has been reported being invasive in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin (USDA-NISIC 2013; USDA-NRCS 2013).…”

Section: Drought Tolerance-the Role Of Endophytesmentioning

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Plant drought survival under climate change and strategies to improve perennial grasses. A review

Norton¹,

Malinowski²,

Volaire

2016

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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The three cool-season perennial forage grasses cocksfoot/orchardgrass, Dactylis glomerata L., tall fescue, Festuca arundinacea Schreb. syn. Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh., and phalaris/harding grass, Phalaris aquatica L., are of major economic and ecological importance in regions with summer-dry environments. This review considers the constraints that these species are likely to experience under current and predicted increase of droughts due to climate change scenarios in south-eastern Australia, the southern Great Plains of USA and the Western Mediterranean Basin. The review identifies research required to maximise the development and use of C3 cool-season grasses with enhanced resilience to drought while considering the concern of some regulators that these grasses may be potential weeds. The state of knowledge of factors influencing plant drought survival and therefore recovery after stress and long-term persistence is discussed in the light of adaptive strategies. The major research needs identified to enhance traits conferring drought survival include (1) increasing the depth and density of grass root systems to strengthen dehydration avoidance; (2) exploring the biochemical, molecular and hydraulic bases of dehydration tolerance and improving techniques to measure this trait; (3) breaking the trade-off between summer dormancy and forage yield potential and improving understanding of environmental, biochemical and genetic controls over summer dormancy; (4) identifying non-toxic endophyte strains compatible with summer-dormant cultivars of tall fescue to enhance drought survival; and (5) enhancing seed production capability of new cultivars as well as the development of agronomic management packages for promoting stable mixtures combining perennial grasses and legumes. The weed potential of newly introduced summer-dormant cultivars is concluded to be minor. The research directions proposed here should improve pasture grass resilience and forage crop sustainability in Mediterranean and temperate summer-dry environments under the future drier and warmer conditions associated with climate change.

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Section: Drought Tolerance-the Role Of Endophytesmentioning

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Plant drought survival under climate change and strategies to improve perennial grasses. A review

Norton¹,

Malinowski²,

Volaire

2016

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…The discovery of tall fescue in the United States occurred in Kentucky in the early 1900s. The first cultivar, Festuca arundinacea 'Kentucky 31' (KY31), was adapted and commercially introduced in 1943 (Buckner et al, 1977). Tall fescue, on an as-fed basis, has a crude protein content of approximately 12 to 15%, a dry matter digestibility content of 69 to 74% and total digestible nutrients range from 62 to 68%.…”

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Evaluating blood perfusion of the corpus luteum in beef cows during fescue toxicosis1

Cline¹,

Muth-Spurlock²,

Voelz³

et al. 2016

Journal of Animal Science

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“…is a temperate perennial grass native to the grasslands of northern and central Eurasia and the mountainous regions of southern Eurasia. European settlers and seed traders brought meadow fescue into North America in the 18th century, and it quickly became a common forage and pasture grass through much of the 19th century (Kennedy, 1900; Buckner et al, 1979). It was the dominant fescue species in North America until the release of ‘Kentucky‐31’ tall fescue [ S. arundinaceus (Schreb.)…”

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Registration of ‘Azov’ Meadow Fescue

Casler

Brink

Cherney

2016

J of Plant Registrations

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‘Azov’ (Reg. No. CV‐101, PI676975) meadow fescue [Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv.; syn. Festuca pratensis Huds.; syn. Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.] is a synthetic population originating from 1000 parental genotypes. The parents of Azov were selected from 10 Russian plant introductions, originating primarily from the area surrounding the Sea of Azov. Azov meadow fescue has forage yield approximately 7% lower than tall fescue [S. arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort; syn. F. arundinacea Schreb.; syn. L. arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.] and orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) in USDA hardiness zones 5 and 6, but forage yield equal to these two species in hardiness zone 4. Neutral detergent fiber digestibility of Azov tends to be similar to or lower than that of other meadow fescue cultivars but is still approximately 5 to 7% higher than that of tall fescue and orchardgrass. Azov is adapted for forage production and grazing in USDA hardiness zones 4 to 6, with superior adaptation in the colder portions of this range.

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Historical Development

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Plant drought survival under climate change and strategies to improve perennial grasses. A review

Plant drought survival under climate change and strategies to improve perennial grasses. A review

Evaluating blood perfusion of the corpus luteum in beef cows during fescue toxicosis1

Registration of ‘Azov’ Meadow Fescue

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