Long term water integration in interconnected ramets of stoloniferous grass, buffalograss

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 5503-5510

  Sun, Xiaoling ^a   Niu, Jianzhong ^b   Xu, Yuefei ^a   Zhou, He ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Administrative Office of the Temple of Heaven   (China)

Author keywords

Buchlo dactyloides; Heterogeneous treatment; Interconnected ramets; Oversharing; Water integration

Indexed keywords

ADULT PLANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GRASS; GREENHOUSE; JUVENILE PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT WATER RELATION; PLANT WATER USE; RAMET; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER INTEGRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; XYLEM;

BUCHLOE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 80052372121     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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