Comparison of early development of three grasses: Lolium perenne, Agrostis stolonifera and Poa pratensis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-278

  Fustec, Joelle ^a   Guilleux, Joelle ^b   Corff, Josiane Le ^b   Maitre, Jean Paul ^b  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Agriculture   (France)

^b Unite Mixte de Recherche Sciences Agronomiques Appliquees A l'Horticulture A 462   (France)

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; Creeping bentgrass; Gramineae; Growth strategy; Kentucky bluegrass; Lolium perenne; Morphogenesis; Perennial ryegrass; Poa pratensis; Site filling; Space colonization; Tillering model

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; SEEDLING;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POA; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGROSTIS; BIOMASS; LOLIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POA; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144494759     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci175     Document Type: Article

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