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¹ K.K.T.C. Tarım ve Doğal Kaynaklar Bakanlığı, Tarımsal Araştırma Enstitüsü, Kıbrıs
² Ege Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi Tarla Bitkileri Anabilim Bölümü İzmir, Türkiye - This study was conducted in order to determine the adaptability and performances of 12 different species of 3 various world widely used C3 cool-season turf grass genera (Lollium sp., Poa sp., Festuca sp.), on the experimental fields of Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University under Mediterranean ecological conditions of Izmir in 2007-2008. Turf properties of different cultivators of Lolium perenne (Numan, Ovation, Delaware) Festuca rubra (Engina, Franklin, Pernille), Festuca arundunaceae (Eldorado, Finelawn, Apache) and Poa pratensis (Enprima, Geronimo, Connni) were tested in the experiment. For this aim, characters such as gemination rates (day), crop cover (day), cold resistance (1-9 point), cover rate (%), texture (1-9 point), color (1-9 point), recover (1-5 point), tillering (1-5 point), General Outlook (1-9 point), weed investigation (1-5 point) and rate of thinning were determined. Results According to the findings that Festuca arundunaceae cultivars were the most proper material and Lolium perenne cultivars were also successful. Both Festuca rubra and, Poa pratensis cultivars failed in terms of many properties. Keywords : Festuca arundinaceae, Poa pratensis, Festuca rubra, Lolium perenne, turf quality