Research progress on lowmaintenance turfgrass

The lowmaintenance turfgrasses, including fescue grass (Festuca), buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides), crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) and tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa), and their characteristics of establishment and maintenance were introduced in order to provide necessary information. Besides, the research work involving germplasm collection and evaluation of turfgrasses (Erenochloa ophiuroides, Axonopus compressu and Chrysopogon aciculatus) in China was discussed as well. Future studies should focus on the establishment of the perennial mixed or overseeded lowmaintenance turf, application of endophyte, solution of summer decline of crested wheatgrass and billbug damage to tufted hairgrass. The concept of lowmaintenance should be expanded in order to develop a new view for medium and high maintenance of turf.