Summer dormancy and drought survival of moroccan ecotypes of orchardgrass

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1416-1424

  Shaimi, Naima ^a   Kallida, Rajae ^a   Volaire, Florence ^b   Saidi, Najia ^c   Faiz, Chaouki Al ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

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

^c IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

DW, dry weight; FM, fresh matter; SDI, summer dormancy index; WC, water content; WSC, water soluble carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 67849128705     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.09.0545     Document Type: Article

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