Effect of heading date of perennial ryegrass cultivars on tillering and tiller development in spring and summer

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 240-249

  Laidlaw, A S ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decapitation; Flowering; Maturity; Tiller density; Tiller turnover

Indexed keywords

GRASS; MATURATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SWARD; TILLERING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 4644233991     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2004.00424.x     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. AAMLID T.S., HEIDE O.M. and BOELT B. (2000) Primary and secondary induction requirements for flowering of contrasting European varieties of Lolium perenne. Annals of Botany, 86, 1087-1095.
2. CAMLIN M.S. (1975) Variation in heading dates of perennial ryegrass cultivars as influenced by spring and early summer temperatures. Journal of the British Grassland Society, 40, 289-294.
3. CLIFFORD P.E. (1977) Tiller bud suppression in reproductive plants of Lolium multiflorum Lam. cv. Westerwoldicum. Annals of Botany, 41, 605-615.
4. COLVILL K.E. and MARSHALL C. (1984) Tiller dynamics and assimilate partitioning in Lolium perenne with particular reference to flowering. Annals of Applied Biology, 104, 543-557.
5. COOPER J.P. (1951) Studies on growth and development in Lolium. 2. Pattern of bud development on the shoot apex and its ecological significance. Journal of Ecology, 39, 228-270.
6. COOPER J.P. (1960) Short day and low temperature induction in Lolium. Annals of Botany, 24, 232-246.
7. DAVIES A. (1988) The regrowth of grass swards. In: Jones M.B. and Lazenby A. (eds) The Grass Crop: The Physiological Basis of Production, pp. 85-127. London: Chapman & Hall.
8. DAVIES A. and THOMAS H. (1983) Rates of leaf and tiller production in young spaced perennial ryegrass plants in relation to soil temperature and solar radiation. Annals of Botany, 57, 591-597.
9. EVANS L.T. (1960) The influence of temperature on flowering in species of Lolium and Poa pratensis. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 54, 410-416.
10. FRAME J. (1991) Improved Grassland Management. Ipswich: Farming Press Books.
11. GILLILAND T.J. (1997) Recommended Varieties for Northern Ireland 1997/98: Grass and Clover. Belfast: Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
12. GILLILAND T.J., CAMLIN M.S. and JOHNSTON J. (1995) Effect of harvest date and cultivar maturity on perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) yield and digestibility. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 34, 133-142.
13. GOWEN N., O'DONOVAN M., CASEY I., STAKELUM G., DELABY L. and RATH M. (2002) Effect of perennial ryegrass cultivar on milk production of rotationally grazed spring calving cows. In: Durand J.-L., Emile J.-C., Huyghe C. and Lemaire G. (eds) Multifunctional Grasslands: Quality Forages, Animal Products and Landscapes, Proceedings of the 19th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation. pp. 568-569. Versailles: Organising Committee.
14. HALLIGAN E.A., FORD M.B. and WARRINGTON I.J. (1993) Discrimination of ryegrasses by heading date under various combinations of vernalization and daylength: perennial ryegrass varieties. Plant Varieties and Seeds, 6, 151-160.
15. HÖGLIND M., SCHAPENDONK A.H.C.M. and VAN OIJEN M. (2001) Timothy growth in Scandinavia: combining quantitative information and simulation modelling. New Phytologist, 151, 355-367.
16. KLEINENDORST A. (1974) Some effects of vernalization on the reproductive capacity of Lolium perenne L. Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, 22, 6-21.
17. KORTE C.J., WATKIN B.R. and HARRIS W. (1985) Tillering in Lolium perenne cultivar Grasslands Nui perennial ryegrass swards. 1. Effect of cutting treatments on tiller appearance and longevity relationship between tiller age and weight and herbage production. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 28, 437-444.
18. L'HUILLIER P.J. (1987) Tiller appearance and death of Lolium perenne in mixed swards grazed by dairy cattle at two stocking rates. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 30, 15-22.
19. LAIDLAW A.S. and BERRIE A.M.M. (1974) The influence of expanding leaves and the reproductive stem apex on apical dominance in Lolium multiflorum L. Annals of Applied Biology, 78, 75-82.
20. LANGER R.H.M., RYLE S.M. and JEWISS O.R. (1964) The changing plant and tiller populations of timothy and meadow fescue swards. 1. Plant survival and pattern of tillering. Journal of Applied Ecology, 1, 197-208.
21. Lawes Agricultural Trust (1995) Genstat 5, Release 3.2. Reference Manual. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
22. NEUTEBOOM J.H. and LANTINGA E.A. (1989) Tillering potential and the relationship between leaf and tiller production in perennial ryegrass. Annals of Botany, 63, 265-270.
23. ONG C.K., MARSHALL C. and SAGAR G.R. (1978) The physiology of tiller death in grasses. 2. Causes of tiller death in a grass sward. Journal of the British Grassland Society, 33, 205-211.
24. SCHAPENDONK A.H.C.M., STOL W., VAN KRAALINGEN D.W.G. and BOUMAN B.A.M. (1998) Lingra, a source/sink model to simulate grassland productivity in Europe. European Journal of Agronomy, 9, 87-100.
25. STAPLETON J. and JONES M.B. (1987) Effects of vernalisation on the subsequent rates of leaf extension and photosynthesis of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Grass and Forage Science, 42, 27-31.
26. VIPOND J.E., MCCLELLAND T.H., CLELEND A.T., MILNE J.A. and HUNTER E.A. (1993) A comparison of diploid and tetraploid perennial ryegrass and tetraploid ryegrass/white clover swards under continuous sheep stocking at controlled sward heights. 1. Sward characteristics. Grass and Forage Science, 48, 279-289.