Changes in freezing tolerance and its relationship with the contents of carbohydrates and proline in overwintering centipedegrass (Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.)

Plant Production Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 421-426

  Cai, Qingsheng ^a   Wang, Shizhen ^a   Cui, Zhaoping ^a   Sun, Juhua ^a   Ishii, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Centipedegrass; Freezing tolerance; LT50; Overwintering; Proline; Stolon

Indexed keywords

EREMOCHLOA; EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES;

EID: 11144335420     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.7.421     Document Type: Article

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