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- Library Collection RecordThe first introductions of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., A. desertorum (Fisch.) Schult., and related taxa] to North America were made by N. E. Hansen in 1898. Additional…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought
- Arid climate
- semiarid climate
- Canada
- North America
- United States
- Library Collection RecordThe improvement of degraded sagebrush (Artemisia) rangelands in the Intermountain area was severely restricted during the first part of this century by lack of adapted plant material. Crested…Publication Date 1986
- sagebrush
- Artemisia
- Agropyron
- crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum)
- United States
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordThe first large scale seedings of crested wheatgrass in Idaho were prompted by serious sheep losses to the poisonous plant halogeton. Depleted rangelands were seeded as rapidly as funds would permit…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron
- sheep
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordEight cultivars of crested wheatgrass have been released for commercial production and use in the United States and Canada since 1927. Four are fairway types, two are standard types, one a Siberian…Publication Date 1986
- Canada
- Ephraim wheatgrass
- Fairway Crested Wheatgrass
- Hycrest
- Nordan wheatgrass
- Siberian wheatgrass
- United States
- Library Collection RecordConventional breeding programs in crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaer tu., A.desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult., and A. fragile (Roth) Candargy] have been confined to selection and…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron
- Fairway Agropyron cristatum
- Fairway Crested Wheatgrass
- Fairway Wheatgrass
- Hycrest
- Western United States
- Library Collection RecordConsiderable literature has accumulated concerning seed and seedling relations of crested wheatgrass. The extensive literature covers a period of more than 40 years and is found in a wide variety of…Publication Date 1986
- Agropyron
- Intermountain United States
- Intermountain West
- North America
- Library Collection RecordThe bunchgrass grwoth form, which is very prominent in water-limited environments, can result in considerable self-shading of photosynthetically active foliage. The consequences of this growth form…Publication Date 1983
- Agropyron
- CO2
- photosynthesis
- North America
- Library Collection RecordAn increase in photosynthetic rates of foliage on partially defoliated plants may be a mechanism to partially compensate for herbivory (McNaughton 1979, 1983, Dyer et al. 1982). This enhanced…Publication Date 1984
- Agropyron
- photosynthesis
- North America