ADSC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lespedeza, Fat Necrosis, Trifolium Repens

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Animal and Dairy Sciences
• Course: ADSC 3600
• Professor: Wilcox

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*these grasses come back every year permanent pastures. *90% of pastures in ga: warm season, common bermuda a. i. The most common pasture grass in georgia is some form of. Bermuda grass: hybrid bermuda (doesn"t produce viable seed, must sprig) b. i. One of the earliest hybrids- isn"t a lot of it around b. ii. Tift 45, tift 85, tift 78= all made in tifton: bahia grass c. i. Used primarily as a pasture grass in south georgia c. ii. Very persistent because it produces seed and then the excrete it in feces c. ii. 1. If you don"t manage well it will just grow everywhere c. ii. 2. c. ii. 3. Best areas to put it is in wet areas like rivers, etc: cool season, tall fescue a. i. The places you can"t grow bahia grass is where you grow fescue: kentucky 31 fescue: has endophyte (fungus), there is a symbiotic relationship between plant and fungus.