Water relations and drought tolerance of four turfgrasses

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-133

  Qian, Yaling ^a,b   Fry, Jack D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AgriLife Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Buchloe dactyloides; Cynodon dactylon x C; Festuca arundinacea; leaf water potential; osmotic adjustment; osmotic potential; pressure potential; transvaalensis; Zoysia japonica

Indexed keywords

BUCHLOE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS; FESTUCA; JAPONICA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 0030953025     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.1.129     Document Type: Article

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