Comparative cold tolerance in diverse turf quality genotypes of perennial ryegrass

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 826-830

  Ebdon, J S ^a   Gagne, R A ^a   Manley, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolyte leakage; Freezing stress; Lolium perenne; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; ELECTROLYTES; FREEZING; GENES; GREENHOUSES;

LOW-TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 0036693132     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.5.826     Document Type: Article

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