2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Hooded and Shortspike Windmillgrass Ecotypes Seed Yield as a Response to Increasing Nitrogen Fertilization in Texas.
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560-7 Hooded and Shortspike Windmillgrass Ecotypes Seed Yield as a Response to Increasing Nitrogen Fertilization in Texas.



Monday, 6 October 2008: 9:50 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 370D
Jorge Lopez-Garcia, Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 130 West Corral Avenue #42, Kingsville, TX 78363, William Ocumpaugh, Texas A&M University - Rangeland Ecology & Management, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 3507 HWY 59 E, Beeville, TX 78102-9410, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos Sr., Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Texas A&M at Kingsville, MSC 228 700 University Blvd., Kingsville, TX 78363-8202 and John Lloyd-Reilley, USDA, NRCS, "Kika" de la Garza Plant Materials Center, Manager, 3409 North FM 1355, Kingsville, TX 78363 - 2704
Two native to Texas ecotypes of hooded and shortspike widmillgrass were recently released. They are well adapted to several environmental conditions throughout Texas and they can be used for several purposes as rangeland re vegetation, and soil and water conservation projects including roadside plantings. Although seed demand is growing there is not technology to effectively produce seed from these grasses. Seed production from several hooded and shortspike windmillgrass ecotypes as a response to increasing nitrogen levels under irrigation was documented in two contrasting places of Texas. Other seed production components were also registered.
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