Seed yield and quality of Altai wildrye in populations of contrasting visible glaucousness

Autor:	Paul G. Jefferson, G. Andrew Kielly
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	biology Agronomy Seedling Germination Yield (wine) Botany Plant Science Horticulture Leymus angustus biology.organism_classification Agronomy and Crop Science Epicuticular wax
Zdroj:	Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 76:461-464
ISSN:	1918-1833 0008-4220
DOI:	10.4141/cjps96-081
Popis:	Glaucous Altai wildrye grass, Leymus angustus (Trin.) Pilger, has been reported to exhibit higher seed yield than the normal green phenotype. Seed quality is correlated with successful seedling establishment. Our objective was to determine the seed yield and quality of three half-sib populations of Altai wildrye that differed in visible glaucousness. Seed was harvested from 60 glaucous, 60 non-glaucous, and 60 variably glaucous half-sib lines over 3 yr at a semi-arid location. Seed yield, seed weight and germination was greater from glaucous lines than the nonglaucous lines. Key words: Glaucous, range improvement, seedling establishment, epicuticular wax
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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