Combining drought tolerance and responsiveness to summer moisture availability in cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) germplasm grown in Mediterranean environments

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1197-1204

  Piano, E ^a   Pecetti, L ^a   Annicchiarico, P ^a   Carroni, A M ^a   Fornasier, F ^a,b   Romani, M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Ist Sperimentale Nutrizione Piante   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Forage yield; Genotype x environment interaction; Persistency; Stress physiology; Water soluble carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FORAGE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERMPLASM; PLANT BREEDING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 13244279602     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR04067     Document Type: Article

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