Evaluation of Suitability of Grass Species for Dry Conditions (Water Stress)
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014 Based on three-year results of a field experiment evaluating aboveground biomass production and the number of stems of above-ground shoots of grass species (Lolium perenne, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca pratensis) grown in a 200×200 mm layout in two water ...
Paulo António Jerónimo +3 more
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Cultivar diversity as a means of ecologically intensifying dry matter production in a perennial forage stand [PDF]
, 2014 The relationship between genotypic diversity and productivity has not been adequately explored in perennial forage production systems despite strong theoretical and empirical evidence supporting diversity\u27s role in ecosystem functioning in other ...
Pollnac, F. W. +2 more
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Acta Agrobotanica, 2020 In this study, we investigated the influence of soil cultivation method on the productivity and quality of pasture grass fodder. We found that increasing the depth of cultivation from 8–10 cm to 20–22 cm (using surface tillage with disk implements ...
Uliana Karbivska +11 more
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Grasses and the resource availability hypothesis: the importance of silica-based defences [PDF]
, 2007 The resource availability hypothesis (RAH) predicts that allocation of resources to anti-herbivore defences differs between species according to their growth rate.
Ennos, Roland A. +2 more
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BMC Genomics, 2019 Background Species of the Festuca and Lolium genera, as well as intergeneric Festuca × Lolium (Festulolium) hybrids, are valuable fodder and turf grasses for agricultural and amenity purposes worldwide.
Joanna Majka +6 more
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An investigation into the fertilizer potential of slaughterhouse cattle paunch [PDF]
, 2016 In Australia, the red meat processing industry actively seeks approaches to improve the management of solid waste from processing operations and enhance the environmental performance.
Antille, Diogenes L. +6 more
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Orthology guided transcriptome assembly of Italian ryegrass and meadow fescue for single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery [PDF]
, 2016 Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) represent natural DNA sequence variation. They can be used for various applications including the construction of high-density genetic maps, analysis of genetic variability, genome-wide association studies, and ...
Bruno Studer +15 more
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A Kinetic Modelling of the Growth Rate of Lolium Perenne for Phytotoxicity Bioassays
Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2019 Plant growth rate represents one of the main factors in the vegetal-model bioassays design and the development of phytoremediation technologies. Lolium perenne is a promising plant to heavy metals monitoring and phytoremediation, but bioassays protocols ...
Yuby Cruz +3 more
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Comparison of herbage yield, nutritive value and ensilability traits of three ryegrass species evaluated for the Irish Recommended List [PDF]
, 2015 peer-reviewedThis study examined 169 of the newest varieties of three ryegrass species, perennial (Lolium perenne L.), Italian (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and hybrid (Lolium boucheanum Kunth), from Recommended List trials in Ireland.
Burns, G. A. +4 more
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The Seed Semipermeable Layer and Its Relation to Seed Quality Assessment in Four Grass Species
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017 The existence of a semipermeable layer in grass seeds has been extensively reported, yet knowledge of its influence on tests for seed viability and vigor that depend upon measurement of electrical conductivity (EC) is limited.
Yan Y. Lv +3 more
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