Short photoperiod inhibits winter growth of subtropical grasses

Planta

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 488-491

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a   Mislevy, Paul ^b   Ray, Jeffery D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynodon (forage yield); Forage yield; Paspalum (forage yield); Photoperiod; Subtropical grasses

Indexed keywords

CARBON UTILIZATION; DAY LENGTH; FORAGE YIELD; GRASSLAND; GROWTH INHIBITION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; SEASON; TROPICS;

HARVESTING; LIGHT;

SUBTROPICAL GRASSLANDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD; POACEAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON NLEMFUENSIS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0034928336     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100611     Document Type: Article

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