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- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1985
- pest resistance
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Hemiptera
- Agropyron desertorum
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1986
- cold tolerance
- hybrids
- Agropyron desertorum
- seed germination
- Utah
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- Elytrigia repens
- lines
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- weather
- Agropyron desertorum
- protein content
- spring
- regrowth
- Oregon
- steers
- crude protein
- phenology
- nutritive value
- supplementary feeds
- Library Collection RecordAbstract not availablePublication Date 1990
- Agropyron desertorum
- crop production
- regrowth
- Oregon
- soil water content
- biomass
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- defoliation
- cutting date
- Library Collection RecordAccumulation of wolf plants in rangeland pastures frequently results in waste or incomplete utilization of high quality forage by cattle. The objective of this research was to establish the degree of…Publication Date 1992
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- cattle
- plant density
- phenology
- forage
- feeding preferences
- crop growth stage
- grazing behavior
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1992-06-01
- Halogeton glomeratus
- saline soils
- palatability
- grazing trials
- Agropyron desertorum
- Idaho
- Agropyron cristatum
- rain
- ecosystems
- range management
- Library Collection RecordAlthough defoliation is known to affect root growth in range plants, little information is available concerning the effect of defoliation on root architecture and its relationship to root…Publication Date 1998
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- root systems
- Bromus tectorum
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2000-04-01
- range management
- grassland improvement
- Achnatherum hymenoides
- sown grasslands
- air drills
- Acroptilon repens
- seed drills
- Agropyron desertorum
- Library Collection RecordThe Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from…Publication Date 2000-12-01
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron
- defoliation
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management, the National Agricultural Library, and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Rangelands…Publication Date 1997-02-01
- Agropyron desertorum
- Bromus tectorum
- plant competition
- Agropyron cristatum
- Library Collection RecordRoot proliferation is important in determining root foraging capability of rangeland grasses to unpredictable soil-nutrient pulses. However, root proliferation responses are often confounded by the…Publication Date 2009-09-01
- Agropyron cristatum
- Agropyron desertorum
- Bromus tectorum
- clipping
- nutrient-enriched soil patches
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- root foraging
- soil-nutrient heterogeneity
- soil resources
- Library Collection RecordHalogeton [Halogeton glomeratus (Bieb.) C. A. Mey], is a fleshy, annual, herbaceous species that was accidentally introduced into the western U.S. during the 20th century. Because it is highly…Publication Date 2002-05-01
- interspecific competition
- salt tolerance
- deserts
- Halogeton glomeratus
- controlled grazing
- poisonous weeds
- Agropyron desertorum
- invasion
- Krascheninnikovia lanata
- sheep
- range management
- introduced species
- plant competition
- Salt desert
- poisonous plants
- plant ecology
- Library Collection RecordBroom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. Rusby) is one of the most widespread range weeds in North America. The objective of this study was to monitor broom snakeweed populations in the…Publication Date 2002-07-01
- Pleuraphis jamesii
- Hilaria
- age structure
- leaf area
- poisonous weeds
- Agropyron desertorum
- invasion
- population dynamics
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- Idaho
- precipitation
- shrubs
- plant density
- drought
- plant competition
- invasive species
- Utah
- grasses
- poisonous plants
- broom snakeweed
- Gutierrezia sarothrae
- population cycle
- poisonous plants
- Library Collection RecordA grazing system which allows cattle to select a season-long diet more nearly meeting their nutrient requirements should facilitate optimal weight gains. A study was conducted near Mandan, N. D.…Publication Date 2002-09-01
- native ranges
- Bromus inermis
- Agropyron desertorum
- protein content
- liveweight gain
- fiber content
- chemical composition
- pastures
- Pascopyrum smithii
- in vitro digestibility
- botanical composition
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- North Dakota
- animal behavior
- crested wheatgrass
- western wheatgrass
- smooth bromegrass
- Library Collection RecordSiberian wheatgrass [Agropyron fragile (Roth) Candargy] is known for its establishment and persistence on sandy soils under severe water limitations. Morphology, cytology, and forage and seed…Publication Date 2000-05-01
- inflorescences
- plant morphology
- Agropyron desertorum
- genetic variation
- seedling emergence
- drought tolerance
- protein content
- seed weight
- tetraploidy
- stand establishment
- Agropyron fragile
- seed productivity
- width
- plant genetic resources
- Kazakhstan
- seed years
- Agropyron cristatum
- cultivars
- biomass production
- Utah
- dry matter
- crested wheatgrass
- morphology
- meiosis
- chromosome pairing
- taxonomy
- forage and see characteristics
- Library Collection RecordIn the semi-arid Northern Great Plains, seeded cool-season grasses are primarily recommended for spring and fall grazing because their nutritive quality is perceived as too low to support acceptable…Publication Date 1999-05-01
- native grasslands
- physical activity
- Bromus inermis
- sown grasslands
- Agropyron desertorum
- liveweight gain
- duration
- stocking rate
- steers
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grazing intensity
- rangelands
- grazing
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordThe objective of this research was to determine, on a seasonal basis, the relative preferences of cattle for 7 native grasses and d crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link)Schultes…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- vegetative growth
- flowering
- dormancy
- Agropyron desertorum
- fiber content
- selective grazing
- Oregon
- crude protein
- cattle
- plant density
- biomass
- phenology
- plant litter
- botanical composition
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordSquirreltail [Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey] is a native cool-season grass that has been observed to invade rangelands dominated by the weedy annual grasses, cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and…Publication Date 1998-09-01
- net assimilation rate
- greenhouses
- Taeniatherum caput-medusae
- Elymus elymoides
- colonizing ability
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- leaf area
- seedling growth
- roots
- ratios
- Agropyron desertorum
- shoots
- seedlings
- Bromus tectorum
- Idaho
- growth rate
- biomass
- Utah
- Colorado
- dry matter
- Library Collection RecordAlthough defoliation is known to affect root growth in range plants, little information is available concerning the effect of defoliation on root architecture and its relationship to root…Publication Date 1998-03-01
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- root systems
- Bromus tectorum
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordA four-year study was conducted to investigate effects of continuous and short duration grazing in spring on standing crop and tiller density of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex…Publication Date 1997-03-01
- variation
- standing crop
- Agropyron desertorum
- continuous grazing
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
- rain
- stocking rate
- rotational grazing
- steers
- tillers
- Artemisia tridentata
- plant density
- biomass
- canopy
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the forage preferences of steers grazing among 8 varieties of grasses at 2 stages of phenology on the Northern Great Basin Experimental Range near Burns, Ore. Varieties included: '…Publication Date 1997-11-01
- Leymus cinereus
- Elymus lanceolatus
- density
- moisture content
- interspecific hybridization
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- biting rates
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- mineral content
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- fiber content
- leaf area index
- chemical composition
- selective grazing
- Oregon
- steers
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- biomass
- phenology
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- plant height
- maturity stage
- Library Collection RecordPlant competition experiments have historically used designs that are difficult to interpret due to confounding problems. Recently, designs based on a "response function" approach have been…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- revegetation plants
- competitive ability
- Agropyron desertorum
- seedlings
- Bromus tectorum
- biomass production
- land restoration
- plant density
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordA 3-year field study with 5 species and 11 seeding dates per year was conducted to determine which dates resulted in successful stands when directly seeded into wheat stubble at each seeding date at…Publication Date 1996-11-01
- sowing date
- stand density
- Bromus inermis
- evaporation
- Bouteloua curtipendula
- soil temperature
- Agropyron desertorum
- stand establishment
- air temperature
- rain
- soil water content
- Pascopyrum smithii
- Bouteloua gracilis
- seasonal variation
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordWe measured the grazing preference of 3 castrated male Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) for 2 crested (Agropyron desertorum [Fischer ex Link] Schultes), 5 thickspike (Elymus lanceolatus…Publication Date 1996-09-01
- Cervus elaphus nelsoni
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- Cervus elaphus
- spring
- Poaceae
- Utah
- grazing
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordWe compared the preference of cattle for 12 entries, 2 of crested wheatgrass [Agropyron desertorum (Fischer ex Link) Schultes], 5 of thickspike wheatgrass [Elymus lanceolatus (Scribner & J.G.…Publication Date 1994-03-01
- maturity
- heading date
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- agronomic traits
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- cultivars
- grazing behavior
- Utah
- grazing
- beef cattle
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordForage improvement programs often select for increased crude protein and dry matter digestibility. Additionally, breeding programs may be interested in selecting for enhanced transpiration efficiency…Publication Date 1995-03-01
- isotopes
- discrimination
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Alopecurus
- carbon
- Medicago sativa
- errors
- calibration
- Agropyron desertorum
- prediction
- perennials
- water-use efficiency
- South Dakota
- infrared spectroscopy
- Utah
- grasses
- New Mexico
- Library Collection RecordKnowledge about mechanisms of water stress tolerance, growth, and development of forages are important in development of management practices and in germplasm improvement. Plants of crested…Publication Date 1994-11-01
- proline
- soil water potential
- carbohydrates
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought tolerance
- rain
- species differences
- Pascopyrum smithii
- seasonal variation
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordCattle are selective foragers in response to several plant attributes. We tested hypotheses that caespitose plants of various basal areas were equally susceptible to herbivory and were defoliated…Publication Date 1992-11-01
- size
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- Oregon
- cattle feeding
- grazing behavior
- grazing
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordCool-season introduced grass species are not recommended for season-long grazing in the northern Great Plains. They mature earlier than native species, which leads to an earlier loss in forage…Publication Date 1993-05-01
- Bromus inermis
- crop quality
- sloping land
- sown grasslands
- site factors
- Agropyron desertorum
- liveweight gain
- grazing trials
- Poaceae
- steers
- Pascopyrum smithii
- prairies
- pasture plants
- forage
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrasses [Agropyron cristatum L. Gaertn. and A. desertorum Fisch. ex (Link) Schult.] have been extensively seeded on semiarid western rangelands, but without supplemental N many of these…Publication Date 1993-09-01
- melilotus alba
- nitrogen fixation
- Medicago sativa
- biogeochemical cycles
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron cristatum
- Library Collection RecordTwo simulated pasture studies were carried out at Swift Current, Sask., to determine the effects of date and height of first harvest in the year following establishment on the yield of 4 species in…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- dryland conditions
- cutting height
- Leymus angustus
- Medicago sativa
- timing
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Agropyron desertorum
- cutting date
- Saskatchewan
- regrowth
- dry environmental conditions
- crop yield
- pasture plants
- grazing
- simulation
- forage
- Library Collection RecordFrom September 1987 through September 1988, the Northern Great Plains near Miles City, Mont., received 31% of the long-term average precipitation. We monitored the impact of the hot, dry conditions…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- heat tolerance
- stress response
- crop losses
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Agropyron desertorum
- drought tolerance
- mortality
- regrowth
- drought
- Montana
- pasture plants
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordAccumulation of wolf plants in rangeland pastures frequently results in waste or incomplete utilization of high quality forage by cattle. The objective of this research was to establish the degree of…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- crop growth stage
- Agropyron desertorum
- palatability
- grazing behavior
- cattle
- plant density
- phenology
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordCrested wheatgrasses (Agropyron spp.) are grown on 6 million ha in the U.S. and Canada, where they provide excellent early-season forage, but lose nutritional quality by midsummer. Some producers…Publication Date 1992-07-01
- crop quality
- grass tetany
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron fragile
- Agropyron cristatum
- regrowth
- phosphorus
- calcium
- crude protein
- in vitro digestibility
- nitrogen content
- seasonal variation
- crop yield
- nutritive value
- Utah
- forage
- chemical constituents of plants
- Library Collection RecordGlobemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.) are well adapted to semiarid and arid environments. They are potentially useful as the forb component of seeding mixtures for rangeland improvement in the western…Publication Date 1993-03-01
- Sphaeralcea
- Medicago sativa
- arid lands
- Agropyron desertorum
- Agropyron cristatum
- species differences
- Idaho
- sheep
- grazing behavior
- pasture plants
- forage
- feeding preferences
- Library Collection RecordRoot morphology is important for successful seedling establishment and survival on semiarid rangelands. This study was conducted to determine the response of early seedling root morphological…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- root branching structure
- branching
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- soil water potential
- seedling growth
- roots
- water requirements
- plant morphology
- Agropyron desertorum
- water availability
- Agropyron cristatum
- root systems
- Bromus tectorum
- Poaceae
- establishment
- Library Collection RecordSince its introduction from Asia in the early 1900s, crested wheatgrass [Agropyron cristatum (L.)Gaertner, A. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schultes et al.] has had a major impact on the improvement of…Publication Date 1991-09-01
- genotype-environment interaction
- crop mixtures
- line differences
- genetic variance
- nutrition-genotype interaction
- Medicago sativa
- biogeochemical cycles
- lines
- heritability
- dry matter accumulation
- Agropyron desertorum
- genetic variation
- Agropyron cristatum
- nutrient uptake
- yields
- nitrogen content
- Library Collection RecordRapid seedling growth and ability to compete against cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) are 2 characteristics that perennial grasses must have for successful establishment on semiarid western rangelands…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- branching
- seminal roots
- root length
- adventitious roots
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- leaf area
- soil water potential
- dry matter accumulation
- seedling growth
- roots
- crop-weed competition
- Agropyron desertorum
- shoots
- Agropyron cristatum
- air temperature
- Bromus tectorum
- length
- Poaceae
- plant density
- establishment
- Library Collection RecordThe impact of grazing animals and plant protection on shrub seedling establishment was studied in 2 separate experiments. A total of 3,665 seedlings were monitored for survival during a sheep grazing…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- colonizing ability
- biological control
- site factors
- Agropyron desertorum
- brush control
- mortality
- seedlings
- pastures
- Artemisia tridentata
- sheep
- cattle
- Utah
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe physiological and morphological responses of 6 wheatgrass (Agropyron) cultivars to vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation were measured in the greenhouse. These included diploid, tetraploid…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- Glomus
- agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum
- ploidy
- vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae
- nutrient content
- stomatal conductance
- roots
- plant morphology
- Agropyron desertorum
- shoots
- carbon dioxide
- Agropyron cristatum
- nutrient uptake
- cultivars
- transpiration
- water-use efficiency
- gas exchange
- phosphorus
- tillering
- biomass
- Library Collection RecordIn vitro and in vivo digestion trials with lambs were conducted to determine effects of ponderosa pine needles (PN; Pinus ponderosa Laws.) on digestibility of crested wheatgrass (CW; Agropyron…Publication Date 1992-05-01
- nitrogen retention
- lambs
- toxicity
- conifer needles
- Agropyron desertorum
- Pinus ponderosa
- fiber content
- digestibility
- crude protein
- diets
- in vitro digestibility
- forage
- Library Collection RecordSuccessful seedling establishment in arid and semiarid rangelands depends on seedling root characteristics and on the relationship between shoot and root development. This study was conducted to…Publication Date 1991-07-01
- branching
- seminal roots
- Elymus lanceolatus
- adventitious roots
- heat sums
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- leaf area
- dry matter accumulation
- seedling growth
- roots
- Agropyron desertorum
- shoots
- Agropyron cristatum
- air temperature
- Bromus tectorum
- length
- Poaceae
- growth rate
- plant height
- Library Collection RecordAdventitious roots of sufficient length and diameter must develop to assure that the photosynthetic surfaces receive sufficient water and nutrients before grass seedlings can be considered…Publication Date 1991-11-01
- adventitious roots
- leaves
- Agropyron desertorum
- seedlings
- Bouteloua gracilis
- tillers
- North Dakota
- Library Collection RecordAlthough extensive work has evaluated plant response to season of defoliation, few studies have evaluated the influence of season of defoliation on soil water depletion, amount of regrowth, and total…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- Agropyron desertorum
- cutting date
- crop production
- regrowth
- Oregon
- soil water content
- biomass
- phenology
- seasonal variation
- defoliation
- Library Collection RecordProduction of total forage dry matter is mainly a function of available soil water and soil nitrogen (N), whereas plant morphological development from spring greenup to anthesis is primarily…Publication Date 1990-05-01
- morphogenesis
- Agropyron desertorum
- nitrogen fertilizers
- growth
- Pascopyrum smithii
- grasses
- North Dakota
- soil water
- Library Collection RecordSeed of 8 Triticeae species was planted in petri dishes (depth = 0) and 2, 4, 6, and 8 cm deep in soil in the greenhouse. Total emergence at 6 weeks after planting declined significantly with…Publication Date 1991-03-01
- Leymus angustus
- varietal reactions
- Elymus dahuricus
- Elymus trachycaulus
- Puccinellia
- diploidy
- puccinellia tenuiflora
- sowing depth
- Elytrigia intermedia subsp. intermedia
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Agropyron desertorum
- seedling emergence
- tetraploidy
- cultivars
- seeds
- Library Collection RecordThe role that accumulated carbohydrates play in plant regrowth has been discussed for over 60 years. However, few quantitative studies have been published on the importance of carbohydrates for…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- carbohydrate metabolism
- stress response
- irrigated conditions
- shoot pruning
- Pseudoroegneria spicata
- Agropyron desertorum
- shoots
- spring
- regrowth
- drought
- defoliation
- water stress
- Library Collection RecordA major problem in evaluating nutritional quality of the grazing animal’s diet is collecting forage representative of that being grazed. We compared the chemical composition of simulated diet (SD)…Publication Date 1990-07-01
- simulated diets
- mixed pastures
- Bromus inermis
- crop quality
- sown grasslands
- Psathyrostachys juncea
- Agropyron desertorum
- feces composition
- fiber content
- nitrogen
- phosphorus
- nutrient contents of plants
- Poaceae
- natural grasslands
- Pascopyrum smithii
- diets
- cattle
- in vitro digestibility
- forage
- Library Collection RecordCheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) dominates large tracts of rangeland in the western United States. Previous research has demonstrated the competitive nature of this species; however, the mechanisms…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- density
- leaf area
- growth periods
- roots
- root shoot ratio
- Agropyron desertorum
- root systems
- seedlings
- Bromus tectorum
- length
- growth rate
- biomass
- plant competition
- Library Collection RecordGlobemallows (Sphaeralcea spp.) have potential in rangeland seedings. Thirty-seven accessions of globemallow were grown at 2 sites in northern Utah and southern Idaho to quantify their agronomic…Publication Date 1990-09-01
- sphaeralcea munroana
- Sphaeralcea
- sphaeralcea grossulariifolia
- sphaeralcea parvifolia
- Sphaeralcea coccinea
- mixed pastures
- Medicago sativa
- agronomic traits
- sown grasslands
- arid zones
- genotype
- Agropyron desertorum
- genetic variation
- Agropyron cristatum
- mortality
- seeds
- pastures
- Idaho
- growth rate
- crop yield
- Utah
- forage