Radiation interception, partitioning and use in grass-clover mixtures

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Faurie, O ^a   Soussana, J F ^a   Sinoquet, H ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

Author keywords

Grassland; Growth analysis; Light interception; Lolium perenne L.; Perennial ryegrass; Radiation transfer model; Radiation use efficiency; Trifolium repens L.; White clover

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0030056958     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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