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Ceauşescu, Nicolae
Ceauşescu, Nicolae (1918–89) Romanian statesman, the country's effective ruler from 1965 to 1989. He became a member of the politburo in 1955, general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party in 1965 and head of state in 1967. He promoted Romanian nationalism, pursued an independent foreign policy, but instituted repressive domestic policies. He was deposed and executed in the December 1989 revolution.
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Fine fescue species determination by laser flow cytometry.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...confusion to fine fescue species identification...consider those blue fescues used for ornamental...for turf. Fine fescues may be subdivided...complex groups of fescue species: the F...type glaucous fine fescues as sheep fescue in the USA. Considerable...
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Tall Fescue for Backgrounding in Preparation for Small-Grain or Bermudagrass Pasture1
Magazine article from: Professional Animal Scientist; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...calves using endophyte-infected tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) or small...calves/ha) of endophyte-infected tall fescue or small grain pasture from March 13 to...01) BW than calves that grazed tall fescue in 2002 and 2003. However, no compensatory...
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Performance of meadow fescue accessions under management-intensive grazing.(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; MEADOW FESCUE may be more useful than tall fescue in northern North American MIG systems which are typically...relatively unpalatable species are chronically refused. Meadow fescue is a diploid (2n = 2x = 14) forage grass widely adapted to...
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Evaluation of Tall Fescues for Stocker Cattle in the Gulf Coastal Plain1
Magazine article from: Professional Animal Scientist; 10/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the South, but tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea...endophyte-infected tall fescues indicates they are of...livestock is limited by fescue toxicosis (McMurphy...evaluate a new NE tall fescue cultivar and compare...infected, and EF tall fescues in the Coastal Plain...
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Differentiation of tall fescue monosomic lines using RFLP markers and double monosomic analysis. (restriction fragment length polymorphism)
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Tall fescue is a major cool-season pasture and turf...1995), the genome constitution of tall fescue is PP[G.sub.1][G.sub.1...the diploid F. pratensis Huds. (meadow fescue) and the other two genomes ([G.sub...
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Two tales of tall fescue. (Q&A).
Magazine article from: SportsTURF; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...existing field that is primarily Turf Type Fescue. We have had very good performance on...in our area indicate that turf type fescue would be an undesirable turf for soccer...after play. They said finding turf type fescue in a sod would be very difficult, if...
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Lactation Performance of Holstein Cows Fed Fescue, Orchardgrass, or Alfalfa Silage
Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...part of nutrient management plans, but fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is often...the lactation performance of cows fed a fescue silage-based total mixed ration (TMR...second-cutting orchardgrass and tall fescue silage. Diets were formulated to provide...
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Novel Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue Safe for Pregnant Mares
Magazine article from: The Cattleman; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...be removed from endophyte-infected tall fescue three months prior to foaling; however...technology, a novel endophyte-infected tall fescue has been developed. "When we talk about tall fescue we are generally speaking about the old variety...
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Forages and Pastures: Management of Tall Fescue Forage
Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...free or non-toxic endophyte-infected fescue. E. J. Oliphant*, M. H. Poore...toxic endophyte-infected (EN) tall fescue. Botanical composition and nutrient content...and subsamples were separated into green fescue, brown fescue and species other than...
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CASE STUDY: Consumption of Toxic Fescue Impairs Bull Reproductive Parameters
Magazine article from: Professional Animal Scientist; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Abstract Consumption of toxic endophytic tall fescue grass is associated with reduced fertility...fed a control diet (n = 3) or toxic fescue diet (n = 3) for 60 d. Semen was collected...in the collections from bulls fed the fescue diet. Neither sperm motility nor morphology...
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fescue
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...World grasses of the genus Festuca. Meadow fescue and tall, or reed, fescue are excellent forage crops and the Chewing's, red, and sheep fescues are planted for turf. Fescue is classified in the division Magnoliophyta...
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Interactions, Plant-Fungal
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...beneficial fungi are the mycorrhizae and fescue endophytes. A mycorrhiza is a fungus...related and obligate parasites. The tall fescue endophyte Acremonium is a parasite that...attack by insects. Endophyte-infected fescue is already being used as turfgrass, where...
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lawn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...spraying . Most lawn plants are types of clover and, especially, of grass . Bluegrass, white clover, and a few types of fescue and bent grass are most often selected for temperate climates in the United States. Bermuda grass, rye grass, St. Augustine...
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grass
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...also include most of the hay and pasture plants, e.g., sorghum , timothy , bent grass , bluegrass , orchard grass , and fescue . Popularly the word grass is used chiefly for these latter and for the lawn grass types; it is also loosely applied to plants...
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Monocots
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...species. Many species of the grass family are also grown for animal consumption or as lawn grasses; examples include timothy, fescue, and bluegrass. Another group of great economic importance is the palm family, which includes coconuts, dates, and the...
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