Freezing tolerance of 27 saltgrass ecotypes from three cold hardiness zones

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-160

  Rukavina, Hrvoje ^a   Hughes, Harrison G ^a   Qian, Yaling ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Selection for freezing tolerance; Time of turfgrass leaf browning in fall; Warm season turfgrass

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; FREEZING;

ABIOTIC STRESS; SELECTION FOR FREEZING TOLERANCE; TIME OF TURFGRASS LEAF BROWNING IN FALL; WARM SEASON TURFGRASS;

VEGETATION;

CELLS; CLONES; FREEZING; PLANTS;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; POACEAE;

EID: 33846796026     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.1.157     Document Type: Article

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