Determining optimal seeding times for tall fescue using germination studies and spatial climate analysis

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 931-941

  Lu, Hongfei ^a,b   Shen, Jinbo ^a   Jin, Xiaoqian ^a   Hannaway, David B ^c   Daly, Christopher ^d   Halbleib, Michael D ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal temperature; Ecology; Geographic information system; Germination; Quadratic response surface; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMINATION; GIS; GRASS; SEEDING; SOWING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM;

EID: 43749117530     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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