Measurement of summer dormancy in temperate perennial pasture grasses

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 498-509

  Norton, M R ^a,b,c   Lelievre F ^b   Fukai, S ^c   Volaire, F ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cool season grasses; Drought resistance; Hardinggrass; Lolium arundinaceum; Orchard grass

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DORMANCY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FORAGE; GERMPLASM; GRASS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SENESCENCE; SUMMER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE;

EID: 44949211241     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR07343     Document Type: Article

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