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Micropropagation of Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.)

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High-Tech and Micropropagation III

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 19))

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Abstract

Zoysiagrass (Zoysia Willd.), chromosome number 20, is a member of the Gramineae family (Forbes 1952) and belongs to the subfamily Eragrostoideae. It originated in tropical eastern Asia and has now been introduced and distributed throughout the warm humid, warm semi-arid, and transitional regions of the world (Hanson et al. 1969; Beard 1973). In the USA, three species of Zoysia are used for turfgrass: Z. japonica Steud., Z. matrella (L.) Merr., and Z. tenuifblia Willd., ex Tring.; respectively, they are known by the common names Japanese lawngrass or Korean lawngrass, Manilagrass, and Mascarenegrass or Korean velvetgrass (Beard 1973).

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  1. Department of Horticulture and Forestry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

    J. M. Al-Khayri, F. H. Huang & J. W. King

  2. Department of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA

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Al-Khayri, J.M., Huang, F.H., Thompson, L.F., King, J.W. (1992). Micropropagation of Zoysiagrass (Zoysia japonica Steud.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) High-Tech and Micropropagation III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07770-2_34

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