Relationships between emergence and soil water content for perennial cool-season grasses native to Iran. From: Crop Science | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Gazanchian, Ali; Heravan, Eslam Majidi; Malboobi, Mohamad A.; Sima, Nayer A. Khosh Kholgh | COPYRIGHT 2006 Crop Science Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Native cool-season grasses are important for improvement of arid and semiarid rangelands in Iran. However, germination and seedling emergence of these species is a critical phase in these areas and are not well understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of low soil moisture on emergence of 36 populations of native cool-season grasses from 15 species of seven genera including Elymus, Agropyron, Secale, Hordeum, Bromus, Festuca, and Dactylis that were collected from di...

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