Effect of severity of defoliation on the viability of reproductive and vegetative axillary buds of Trifolium repens L.

Annals of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Hay, M J M ^a   Newton, P C D ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

axillary buds; defoliation; inflorescences; Trifolium repens L.; viability; white clover

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM REPENS; FABACEAE;

AXILLARY BUD; BUD VIABILITY; DEFOLIATION; WHITE CLOVER;

EID: 0029660111     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0103     Document Type: Article

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