Combining winter hardiness and forage yield in white clover (Trifolium repens) cultivated in northern environments

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 825-834

  Helgadóttir, Áslaug ^a   Marum, Petter ^b   Dalmannsdóttir, Sigrídur ^a   Daugstad, Kristin ^c   Kristjánsdóttir, Thórdís Anna ^a   Lunnan, Tor ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Graminor AS   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breeding; Morphology; Progeny testing; Spaced plants; Trifolium repens; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DRY MATTER; FORAGE; GRASS; HERB; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORPHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; AIR; ARTICLE; CLOVER; CROSS BREEDING; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ICELAND; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; AIR; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENT; FLOWERS; ICELAND; NORWAY; PLANT LEAVES; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TRIFOLIUM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

POA; POA PRATENSIS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 54249164511     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn159     Document Type: Article

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