Table of Contents

HISTORY AND CLASSIFICATION (1 and 2)

Hillside Pasture

Chapter 1

Origin and History

Carl S. Hoveland

Tall fescue auricles

Chapter 2 

Systematics and Morphology 

Kelly D. Craven, Keith Clay, and Christopher L. Schardl 

ECOLOGICAL SUITABILITY (3 and 4)

Chapter 3Tall fescue suitability map USA

Development of Suitability Maps with Examples for the United States and China

David B. Hannaway, Christopher Daly, Michael Halbleib, Daniel James, Charles P. West, Jeffrey J. Volenec, David Chapman, Xianglin Li, Weixing Cao, Jinbo Shen, Xuezheng Shi, and Steve Johnson

Physiological responses of endophyte

Chapter 4

Abiotic Stresses and Endophyte Effects

David P. Belesky and Charles P. West

 

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ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT (5-7)

Tractor

Chapter 5

Establishment and Renovation of Old Sods for Forage 

Henry A. Fribourg and Gavin Milne

Tall fescue plant with roots

Chapter 6

Management to Optimize Grazing Performance in the Northern Hemisphere

Craig A. Roberts, Garry D. Lacefield, Don Ball, and Gary Bates 

Tall fescue in field with clover

Chapter 7

Management in New Zealand, Australia and South America

Gavin Milne

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PESTS (8-10)

 
Tall fescue with disease

Chapter 8

Diseases and Endophytes

Garrick C.M. Latch

 
Tall fescue insect pest

Chapter 9

Insect Pests

Alison J. Popay 

 

Tall fescue nematodeChapter 10

Nematodes

Patricia Timper

 
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UTILIZATION, QUALITY, AND ANTI-QUALITY FACTORS (11-18)

ANKOM 200

Chapter 11

Geound tall fescue samples

Nutritive Value

Joseph C. Burns 

 

Endophyte chart

Chapter 12

Physiological Basis of Fescue Toxicosis

J.R. Strickland, D.E. Spiers, L.R. Fletcher, J.W. Oliver, and G.E. Aiken

Structures and amino acids in the common ergopeptine alkaloids of the tall fescue/N. coenophialum symbiotum.

Chapter 13

Alkaloids

Lowell Bush and F.F. Neil Fannin

Chapter 14

Endophyte symbiosis

Tall Fescue -- Endophyte Symbiosis

Michael J. Christensen and Christine R. Voisey 

 

Antibody test for N. coenophialum endophyte in cross-sections of tall fescue tillers

Chapter 15

Measuring the endophyte - Plants, fields and farms

 

David J. Barker, Nicholas S. Hill, and John G. Andrae 

Cattle

Chapter 16

Endophyte Effects on Cattle

John C. Waller 

Nursing Foal

Chapter 17

Toxic Effects of Endophyte in Horses

Dee L. Cross 

Seed harvesting

Chapter 18

Toxic Effects of the Endophyte in Seed Straw

A. Morrie Craig 

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GENETIC IMPROVEMENT (19-22)

Karyotype of 6x tall fescue

Chapter 19

Breeding, Genetics and Cultivars

Andrew A. Hopkins, Malay C. Saha, and Zeng-Yu Wang 

Endophyte mycelia being inserted into a tall fescue seedling to introduce a novel endophyte.Chapter 20

Deployment of Novel Endophytes in the Tall Fescue Commercial Seed Trade

Joe Bouton 

Genome

Chapter 21

Genomic Tools for Improvement

Malay C. Saha, Andrew A. Hopkins, and Zeng-Yu Wang  

Chapter 22

Transgenesis

Zeng-Yu Wang, Andrew A. Hopkins, and Malay C. Saha

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SEED PRODUCTION AND MARKETING (23-25)

Field of tall fescue for seed production

Chapter 23

Seed Production

M. Philip Rolston and William C. Young, III 

Festuca sp. with sclerotia of Claviceps purpurea

Chapter 24

Diseases in Seed Production

Stephen C. Alderman, William Pfender, and Cynthia M. Ocamb 

Mann Farm & RanchChapter 25

Seed Marketing

Tony Stratton 

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TURF AND CONSERVATION USES (26-28)

Tall fescue sod collectionChapter 26

Tall Fescue as Turf in the United States

Thomas J. Samples, John C. Sorochan, Leah A. Brilman, and John C. Stier         

Chapter 27

NRCS Plant Information and Conservation Practice Standards

James Henson and Marc Safley

Contour

Chapter 28

Conservation: Erosion Control, Soil Management, Remediation, and Wildlife Habitat

Richard E. Joost

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FUTURE ISSUES (29)

Tall fescue plant at flower

Chapter 29

Accomplishments and Challenges

Henry A. Fribourg, David B. Hannaway, and Charles P. West

 

 

 

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