Emergence of temperate pasture grasses from different sowing depths: Importance of seed weight, coleoptile plus mesocotyl length and shoot strength

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-560

  Andrews, M ^a   Douglas, A ^a   Jones, A V ^b   Milburn, C E ^c   Porter, D ^a   Mckenzie, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Durham Coll of Agric and Hort   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Bromus willdenowii; Cocksfoot; Coleoptile; Dactylis glomerata; Emergence; Festuca arundinacea; Grass; Lolium multiflorum; Lolium perenne; Mesocotyl; Perennial ryegrass; Phleum pratense; Prairie grass; Tail fescue; Timothy

Indexed keywords

BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0030863176     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1997.tb07681.x     Document Type: Article

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