Water use efficiency of C4 perennial grasses in a temperate climate

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 103-115

  Beale, Clive V ^a,b   Morison, James I L ^b   Long, Steve P ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass water ratio; C4; Crop coefficient; Miscanthus; Spartina; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

PERENNIAL PLANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER USE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS GIGANTEUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES;

EID: 0033618906     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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