Optimal forage grass germplasm for drought-prone Mediterranean environments

Field Crops Research

Volumn 148, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-14

  Annicchiarico, P ^a   Pecetti, L ^a   Abdelguerfi, A ^b   Bouzerzour, H ^c   Kallida, R ^d   Porqueddu, C ^e   Simoes N M ^f   Volaire, F ^g  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Algeria 3INATAA University of Constatntine   (Algeria)

^c FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f Instituto Nacional de Recursos Biològicos INIA INRB   (Portugal)

^g CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata; Drought tolerance; Festuca arundinacea; Genotype environment interaction; Plant adaptation; Summer dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DECISION MAKING; DORMANCY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FORAGE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GERMPLASM; GRASS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OVERGRAZING; PLANT BREEDING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ALGERIA; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84877887310     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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