TY  - JA
AU  - McLean,S.D.
AU  - Watson,C.E.Jr
TI  - Divergent selection for anthesis date in annual ryegrass
SN  - 1435-0653
U1  - 93-074504 
PY  - 1992///
KW  - Behaviour
KW  - Crop yield
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Earliness
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Flowering
KW  - Genetic variation
KW  - Heading
KW  - Lolium multiflorum
KW  - Mississippi
KW  - Selection
KW  - Selection criteria
KW  - Time
KW  - Varieties
N1  - Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0011-183X
N2  - Anthesis date is the major factor controlling distribution of forage yield and quality of annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) in the spring. This study was initiated to evaluate variation and selection response for anthesis date and to measure correlated responses in annual ryegrass. Four annual ryegrass cultivars were evaluated for beading date, anthesis date, spikelets per spike, and florets per spikelet over 3 yr in the field at Mississippi State, MS. Only spikelets per spike and florets per spikelet, showed significant cultivar X year interactions. Differences among cultivars were observed for all four characteristics. Two cycles of
T2  - Crop Science
ER  -