Current and elevated levels of UV-B radiation have few impacts on yields of perennial forage crops

Global Change Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 847-856

  Papadopoulos, Yousef A ^a   Gordon, Robert J ^b   McRae, Kenneth B ^c   Bush, Roy S ^a   Bélanger, Gilles ^a   Butler, E Anne ^a   Fillmore, Sherry A E ^c   Morrison, Malcolm ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Production Technology   (Canada)

^c Agriculture and Agri Food Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Grasses; Legumes; Perennial; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FORAGE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0033372115     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1999.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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