Growth and phenological development patterns differ between seedling and regrowth lucerne crops (Medicago sativa L.)

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Teixeira, Edmar I ^a,b   Brown, Hamish E ^a,b   Meenken, Esther D ^a   Moot, Derrick J ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Crop modelling; Flowering; Leaf area index; Phyllochron; Radiation use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALFALFA; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; GUIDELINE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; REGROWTH; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHOOT GROWTH; SOWING DATE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; LINCOLN; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 79955955572     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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