Physiological changes associated with performance of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars during summer stress

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1182-1186

  Perdomo, Pedro ^a   Murphy, James A ^a   Berkowitz, Gerald A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infrared thermometer; leaf water potential; leaf:air temperature differential; osmotic potential; Poa pratensis; stomatal resistance

Indexed keywords

POA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 0030439675     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.7.1182     Document Type: Article

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