Abstract: Among abiotic stresses, high temperature is one of the important ecological factors limiting the growth and development of cool-season turfgrass in the transitional and warm climatic regions, especially during hot summer, which leads to the decline of turf quality, loss of chlorophyll, metamorphism of protein, decrease of photosynthetic activities, and even, cell death. Therefore, how to overcome the difficulty for cool-season turfgrass in spending hot summer successfully, especially in the transitional and warm climatic regions, is a serious problem. Based on the statement of regulation principle in thermotolerance, the research advances in thermotolerance regulation of cool-season turfgrass were reported, including the advances in morphological, ecological, physiological, and biochemical characters in thermotolerance, and the advances in thermotolerance regulation by proper management and regulation measurements such as lowing the soil temperature, application of growth regulators and fertilization, proper clipping, and irrigation.

Key words: Hippophea rhamnoides L. subsp sinensis, Clone population, Age structure, Edge dispersal, Genetic consequences, Mu Su sandland