Thesis (M.S.)--Auburn University, 2007. / Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 31, 2008). Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographic references (ℓ. 47-51)

Thesis (M.Sc.). / Written for the Dept. of Plant Science. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2009/06/23). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Université de Neuchâtel, 1982. / At head of title: Université de Neuchâtel, Institut de botanique. Projet soutenu par le Fonds national de la recherche scientifique, requête no 3.628-0.75. Figures 26-27, tableaux 10-11 on 4 leaves in pocket. "Supplement au Travaux de l'Institut de botanique no 29/1982"--Label on cover. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-177).

Thesis (M.S.)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2007. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Tracy A.O. Dougher. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 247-258).

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:28:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:58:13Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_cavm_me_jabo.pdf: 286158 bytes, checksum: 98d09d3f1507ea3834e62199643a149c (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / As praças, ao longo dos tempos, levando-se em conta os diversos aspectos que as envolvem, como definição, funções, usos e concepções, sofreram significativas mudanças. No Brasil, os gramados formados por grama-batatais (Paspalum notatum) são os mais utilizados em áreas públicas urbanas. Quando a finalidade do gramado é ornamental, a infestação por plantas daninhas prejudica a qualidade estética e altera o microclima, pois interfere na infiltração de água no solo, na manutenção do equilíbrio da umidade atmosférica e na absorção de luz e calor pelo solo. O presente trabalho objetivou caracterizar a composição florística da comunidade infestante de gramados de oito praças de Jaboticabal, SP, e realizar o levantamento quantitativo dessa vegetação por meio de parâmetros fitossociológicos. Amostras foram coletadas utilizando quadrado vazado de 0,50 x 0,50 m, a partir das quais foram calculados os seguintes parâmetros: freqüência, densidade, freqüência relativa, densidade relativa, dominância relativa, cobertura relativa e importância relativa, tanto para o município quanto para as praças, de maneira independente. No contexto geral, foram identificadas, ao todo, 47 espécies de plantas daninhas, distribuídas em 16 famílias. Asteraceae apresentou o maior número de espécies, seguida de Fabaceae e Poaceae. As espécies com maior índice de valor de importância foram: Desmodium incanum > Brachiaria decumbens > Desmodium triflorum > Synedrellopsis grisebachii > Eleusine indica / The squares have changed significantly over time, taking into account the various aspects that involve them, as definition, functions, uses and conceptions. In Brazil, the Paspalum notatum are the most disseminated turfgrasses, constituting different sites and purposes. When the purpose is ornamental, weed infestation can lead to loss of turfgrass aesthetic quality and alters the microclimate, because it interferes in the water infiltration into soil, maintaining the balance of atmospheric moisture and absorption of light and heat by the soil. The present work aimed to distinguish the floristic composition of weed community in turfgrasses areas of eight squares of Jaboticabal, São Paulo State and performing a quantitative survey of the vegetation through phytossociologic index, during April and May, 2011. Samples were collected using square of 0.50 x 0.50 m were used to calculate parameter frequency, density, relative frequency, relative density, relative dominance, relative coverage and relative importance, for both the municipality and for the squares, independently. In the general context, at total of forty-seven weed species were identified, distributed into sixteen families, with Asteraceae presenting the largest number of species. Since the most important species were: Desmodium incanum > Brachiaria decumbens > Desmodium triflorum > Synedrellopsis grisebachii > Eleusine indica

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Utilization of salt-tolerant species or cultivars is one the most effective methods to address salinity problems in turfgrass management. The relative salt tolerance in 26 commercial creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera) cultivars during germination was studied. Final germination rate (FGR) and daily germination rate (DGR) decreased as salinity levels increased; however, DGR was more sensitive to salinity stress. Substantial differences in salt tolerance were observed in bentgrass cultivars, with 'Declaration', 'Seaside II', 'T-1 ', and 'Bengal' being the most salt-tolerant (averaged predicted salinity level causing 50% reduction of DGR [PSLD] = 8.2 g L -1 NaCl) and 'Tyee', 'Kingpin'. and 'SRI 150' being the most salt-sensitive (averaged PLSD = 6.5 g L -1 NaCl). Relative salinity tolerance in four populations of prairie junegrass (Koeleriu macrantha) collected from Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota and two improved turf-type cultivars from Europe ('Barleria' and 'Barkoel') was determined and compared to Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne), sheep fescue (Festuca ovina), hard fescue (F. brevipila), and tall fescue (F. arundinacea). All populations of prairie junegrass showed similar salt tolerance with an average of PSLF and PSLD being 7.1 and 5.3 g L -1 NaCl, respectively, comparable to Kentucky bluegrass and hard and sheep fescue but lower than tall fescue and perennial rye grass. In junegrasses, larger variations were observed in visual quality (VQ) than in electrolyte leakage (EL) and dry weight (OW) at vegetative growth stage. 'Barleria' junegrass showed the highest VQ, following two salt-tolerant grasses, tall fescue and sheep fescue. Junegrass - Nebraska population was the least salt-tolerant within the species, but still exhibited similar or higher tolerance than Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass cv. Arctic Green. Overall, junegrass was more salt sensitive during germination but more tolerant to salinity when mature.

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