Zoysia japonica
Zoysia - Japanese Lawn Grass
SS-300 (protected by Australian Plant Breeder's Rights), Empress™.
Emress™ is a medium textured zoysia turfgrass with a low, compact growth habit. It is characterized by the combination of its color, compact growth habit, and small leaf blade length and width (Ito and Gurgel, 2000).
A benefit of zoysiagrass is that it is less common to see attacks by army worm and sod web worm. The high fibre and lignin present within the leaf blades, which also assist for wear tolerance, make it tough for such attacks. To put it simply, the foliage is "too" tough and unfavorable for chewing mouthparts of such pests.
Pests, diseases and weeds
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