RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Notice of release of Neches Germplasm splitbeard bluestem: a selected class of natural germplasm
JF Native Plants Journal
JO NATIVE PLANTS JOURNAL
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 335
OP 340
DO 10.3368/npj.22.3.335
VO 22
IS 3
A1 R Alan Shadow
A1 Melinda R Brakie
YR 2021
UL http://npj.uwpress.org/content/22/3/335.abstract
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.