Growth inhibitors in turfgrass

Planta Daninha

S.r. March²  D. Martins¹  J.s. Mcelroy¹ 

[1] ,UFMT ICET Barra do Garça MT

关键词: growth regulator;    lawn;    bio-stimulant;    injury;    selectivity;    herbicide;    reguladores de crescimento;    gramado;    bioestimulante;    injúria;    seletividade;    herbicida;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-83582013000300025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Well-maintained lawns are comfortable and safe places for leisure activities and sports practice, and they also bring environmental benefits; for example, they reduce soil exposure to erosion and releases atmospheric CO2, thus reducing the greenhouse effect. However, regardless of the purpose of use or the choice of the plant species to form the lawn, the highest costs involve cutting that is needed to keep the turfgrass at its appropriate height. Successive lawn cutting operations are necessary basically because of the vegetative and reproductive growth of turfgrass which, in Brazil, occurs mainly from October to March. Expenditures with successive mechanical cuttings have fostered the search of alternative procedures to keep lawn plants at appropriate height, such as the use of plant growth inhibitors, an increasingly interesting procedure. Since the use of this technology in Brazil is still at its early stage, the aim of this literature review is to examine aspects associated with lawn management by using growth inhibitors. Another alternative is to increase the knowledge of the classification and rational application of the different compounds currently available in the market.

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