Effect of water stress on ten forage grasses native or introduced to Iran

Grassland Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Bahrani, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Bahrami, Hossein ^a   Haghighi, Ali Akbar Kamgar ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dry matter production index; Leaf area; Leaf water potential; Water consumption; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER; FORAGE; GRASS; LEAF AREA; NATIVE SPECIES; SHOOT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

IRAN;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ELYMUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; LOPHOPYRUM ELONGATUM; PANICUM ANTIDOTALE; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE; PSATHYROSTACHYS JUNCEA; SECALE;

EID: 77950274234     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2009.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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