A role for nitrogen reserves in forage regrowth and stress tolerance

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 185-193

  Volenec, J J ^a   Ourry, A ^b   Joern, B C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Carbohydrate reserves; Clover; Defoliation tolerance; Lolium; Medicago; Ryegrass; Trifolium; Vegetative storage protein; Winter hardiness

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0000426269     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00496.x     Document Type: Review

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