Effects of Detonation Microbial Inoculant on turf quality, physiological fitness, and root growth in creeping bentgrass when subjected to induced drought and heat stress

Research Report
Xunzhong Zhang

School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

In summary, Detonation microbial inoculant applied once or twice improved turf quality, leaf color, photochemical efficiency, chlorophyll, root biomass, and viability of creeping bnetgrass under heat and mild drought stress conditions. No difference in these measurements was observed between the product applied once at initiation of the trial and the that applied twice (at day 0 and day 30 after trial initiation). July 9, 2024