Table 3. The tiller number responses of three native Poa species and three introduced cultivars of Kentucky bluegrass during 2017 and 2018 growing seasons in Harbin, China.
| Entries | Two year average turfgrass tillers (tillers/cm2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | |
| Hpp | 10.8bC | 11.9bB | 12.8abAB | 11.9aB | 12.4bAB | 12.9bA |
| Hpsi | 7.3dC | 9.0cA | 9.5cA | 6.9cC | 8.3dB | 8.9cAB |
| Hpsp | 5.4eAB | 6.1dA | 1.7dD | 1.3dD | 2.7eC | 5.1dB |
| Mid | 11.9aD | 12.9aBC | 13.2aAB | 12.5aCD | 13.4aAB | 14.0aA |
| Moo | 10.2bcB | 12.1abA | 12.6abA | 10.8bB | 12.1bA | 12.5bA |
| Blu | 9.7cC | 11.4bAB | 12.2bA | 10.4bC | 11.3cB | 12.2bA |
Notes.
Note
- Hpp
- Poa pratensis
- Hpsi
- P. sibirica
- Hpsp
- P. sphondylodes
- Mid
- Midnight
- Moo
- Moonlight
- Blu
- BlueChip
Lowercase letters denote significant differences within each vertical row for dif-ferent entries (P < 0.05); uppercase letters indicate significant differences within each horizontal row for different months in one entry (P < 0.05).