Opposite effects of daylength and temperature on flowering and summer dormancy of Poa bulbosa

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-666

  Ofir, Micha ^a   Kigel, Jaime ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aridity; Bulbous blue grass; Daylength; Ecotype; Flowering; Poa bulbosa; Summer dormancy; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DAY LENGTH; DORMANCY; FLOWERING; LEGUME; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FLOWER; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; FLOWERS; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD; POA; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POA; POA BULBOSA;

EID: 33645093713     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl021     Document Type: Article

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