Peake, D.C.I. and Stirk, G.D. and Henzell, E.F. (1975) Leaf water potentials of pasture plants in a semi-arid subtropical environment. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry , 15. pp. 645-654.
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Abstract
Leaf water potentials (°1) were measured on pasture plants at the Narayen Research Station in southern Queensland. The main findings were: 1. There were marked differences between species in the value of °1, measured during drought. Lucerne (Medicago sativa cv. Hunter River) and buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris cv. Biloela) usually showed a lower (i.e. more negative) °1 than Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro), when they were grown together in a mixed pasture. Siratro seemed to possess a useful degree of drought avoidance. High drought resistance was observed in buffel grass; this was attributed to its tolerance of water stress. Green panic (Panicum maximum var. trichoglume cv. Petrie) was found to have as low a °1 as lucerne during drought when the two species were grown with Siratro in a mixed pasture. 2. The plants were under severe water stress before all the available water was removed from the deeper soil horizons. 3. °1 was lower in nitrogen-fertilized buffel grass or spear grass (Heteropogon contortus), than in the corresponding unfertilized controls. 4. The vapour-exchange and dye-marker densiometric methods gave different values for °1 in buffel grass, green panic and Siratro; the vapour exchange technique recorded lower, i.e, more negative figures than the other method when the plants were under severe water stress. The two methods gave similar values for lucerne. The relation between the values obtained for buffel grass by the two methods was affected by nitrogen fertilization. The reaction of sown pasture plants to drought at Narayen is discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Consolidated Fertilizers Ltd., Morningside, Qld., Australia. |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2012 12:58 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2012 13:01 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EA9750645 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/3841 |
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