Effects of temperature and photoperiod on flowering time of forage legumes in a Mediterranean environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-162

  Iannucci, A ^a   Terribile, M R ^a   Martiniello, P ^a  

^a CRA Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere   (Italy)

Author keywords

Base temperature; Flowering stage; Legume species; Photoperiod; Temperature; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH KINETICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BASE TEMPERATURE; FLOWERING STAGE; LEGUME SPECIES; PHOTOPERIOD; THERMAL TIME;

CROPS;

ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; FODDER; FORAGE; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; HEDYSARUM CORONARIUM; ONOBRYCHIS; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM; VICIA FABA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 38349181029     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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