PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R Alan Shadow
AU  - Melinda R Brakie
TI  - Notice of release of Neches Germplasm splitbeard bluestem: a selected class of natural germplasm
AID  - 10.3368/npj.22.3.335
DP  - 2021 Sep 21
TA  - Native Plants Journal
PG  - 335--340
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
4099  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/22/3/335.short
4100  - http://npj.uwpress.org/content/22/3/335.full
SO  - NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL2021 Sep 21; 22
AB  - Neches Germplasm splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius Michx. [Poaceae]) was released in 2019 as a selected seed source for conservation plantings, wildlife habitat enhancement, and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill. [Pinaceae]) and shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) understory restoration in the Western Coastal Plain, Major Land Resource Area (MLRA 133B), region of Texas. Twenty-four accessions were evaluated for foliage abundance, lodging, seed production, plant height, and foliage width in a commongarden study at the USDA NRCS East Texas Plant Materials Center near Nacogdoches, Texas. From the initial evaluation, 5 selections were planted in a polycross block. Seed harvested from the crossing block was used to produce transplants for a breeder seed block of Neches Germplasm splitbeard bluestem.