Population origin and genome size do not impact Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  O'keefe, Kimberly ^a,b   Tomeo, Nicholas ^a   Nippert, Jesse B ^b   Springer, Clint J ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Genome size; Konza Prairie; Panicum virgatum; Population level adaptation; Water variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898854431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00339.1     Document Type: Article

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