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Developing the first halophytic turfgrasses for the urban landscape from native Arabian desert grass

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Climate change is occurring and is influencing biological systems through augmented temperatures, more inconstant precipitation, and rising CO2 in the atmosphere. For sustainable landscaping, it was essential to assess the diversity of native/wild grasses and their suitability for turf and to combat the salinity problem in the region. For this purpose, a native halophytic grass, Aeluropus lagopoides, was investigated by conducting mowing tests on its ecotypes during the year 2014–2016 under desert climatic conditions. The research was carried out in two phases, i.e. Phase-I was for collection and establishment of ecotypes from various parts of UAE, while in Phase-II, mowing tests were conducted. During mowing tests, 50 ecotypes of A. lagopoides were given various mowing treatments (i.e. they were cut back at 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-cm heights) in field conditions. Significant differences were found among various ecotypes for different agronomic parameters such as ground cover, canopy stiffness, leaf number, clippings fresh and dry weights and internode length. Overall, the grass exhibited better performance at mowing heights of 3 and 4 cm, which are the standard mowing heights for turfgrasses. Ecotypes FA5, RA3, RUDA2, RUDA7 and RUADA1 of A. lagopoides showed the best performance against mowing shock and became the candidates for the turfgrass varieties from the native Arabian flora.

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  1. Department of Arid land Agriculture, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE

    Muhammad Zamin

  2. Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zamin, Shah Fahad, Muhammad Adnan, Fazli Wahid & Ahmad Raza

  3. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan

    Abdul Mateen Khattak

  4. College of Life Science, Linyi University, Linyi, 276000, Shandong, China

    Depeng Wang

  5. Department of Horticulture, Northeast Agriculture University, Harbin, China

    Shah Saud

  6. Department of Agriculture, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan

    Muhammad Noor

  7. Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Islamabad, 61100, Pakistan

    Hafiz Faiq Bakhat, Muhammad Mubeen, Hafiz Mohkum Hammad & Wajid Nasim

  8. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, El-Bahr, Yanbu, 46429, Saudi Arabia

    Mona. H. Soliman

  9. Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

    Mona. H. Soliman

  10. Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

    Amr A. Elkelish

  11. Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University Faisalabad, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Riaz

  12. CIHEAM-Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (IAMM), 3191 route de Mende, Montpellier, France

    Wajid Nasim

  13. CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, National Research Flagship, Towoomba, QLD, 4350, Australia

    Wajid Nasim

  14. Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Bahawalpur, Pakistan

    Wajid Nasim

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Zamin, M., Fahad, S., Khattak, A.M. et al. Developing the first halophytic turfgrasses for the urban landscape from native Arabian desert grass. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 39702–39716 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06218-3

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