Does endophyte influence resource acquisition and allocation in defoliated tall fescue as a function of microsite conditions?

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 368-377

  Belesky, David P ^a   Burner, David M ^b   Ruckle, Joyce M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter production; Festuca arundinacea; Growth allometry; Neotyphodium coenophialum; Shade; Tiller production

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DEFOLIATION; DRY MATTER; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GERMINATION; GRASS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; TILLERING;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM;

EID: 39749181501     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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