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Web URL(s): | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1976.tb01118.x/epdf Last checked: 10/02/2015 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Author(s): | Hayes, P. |
Author Affiliation: | Field Bot. Res. Div., Agric. and Food Sci. Cent., Belfast BT9 5PX, UK |
Title: | Seedling growth of four grasses |
Source: | Journal of the British Grassland Society. Vol. 31, No. 2, 1976, p. 59-64. |
Publishing Information: | Oxford: British Grassland Society |
# of Pages: | 6 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lolium perenne; Festuca arundinacea; Holcus lanatus; Poa trivialis; Seedlings; Growth; Seeds
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Geographic Terms: | UK, Northern Ireland |
Abstract/Contents: | Investigations were conducted on the seed reserves and shoot and seminal root growth of Lolium perenne, Festuca arundinacea, Holcus lanatus and Poa trivialis. Data are presented for the caryopsis, palea and lemma weights of these species. Shoot lengths of L. perenne and F. arundinacea were very similar but seminal root lengths of L. perenne were longer and roots emerged earlier than in F. arundinacea. The caryopsis of L. perenne lost weight much more rapidly during germination than in F. arundinacea. Seedlings of L. perenne and F. arundinacea showed similar increases in shoot length but L. perenne had more rapid rates of seminal root growth and weight loss from the caryopsis. It was suggested that poor field establishment of F. arundinacea could be due to poor mobilization of seed reserves and consequent poor seminal root growth. The possibility of selecting for good seminal root development in F. arundinacea to improve establishment is suggested. |
Language: | English |
References: | 12 |
Note: | Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Hayes, P. 1976. Seedling growth of four grasses. J. Br. Grassland Soc. 31(2):p. 59-64. |
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