Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Gurusarithan S, Padmanaban J, Ramesh Kumar S and M Venkatesan

Abstract:
The aesthetic value of grasses is gained lot of importance on pleasure creation, sports field establishment and landscape gardening. Among the turf species, Lolium perenne L. commonly known as perennial rye grass native to Europe and Asia but commercially utilized in the landscape industries around the world. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design. The experiment was consisted with ten different soilless media combinations. Among the media combination (T₁₀), Coir pith + Vermicompost + Paddy husk (1:1:1) along with nutrient consortium was recorded the best results in germination character like days taken for germination, days taken for fifty per cent germination and germination percentage and the same combination was recorded the best results in plant height character observed in 25, 35, 45 DAS respectively, followed by other growth characters viz., root length, shoot length at 45 days after sowing. Similarly, the same media combination (T₁₀), was observed the best results in leaf characters viz., number of leaf blades per plant, leaf blade length, leaf blade width, leaf area, total chlorophyll content, dry weight of shoot and root and turf density were higher in T₁₀, whereas lowest values were recorded in all the above characters with T₃ (Red earth + FYM + Sand) in pro-tray.