Optimal growth schedule of a perennial plant

Y Iwasa, D Cohen - The American Naturalist, 1989 - journals.uchicago.edu
… that the polycarpic perennial growth habit (… that perennial growth is optimal under a wide
range of parameters. Furthermore, we derive several quantitative predictions of plant growth

Growth patterns of some native annual and perennial herbs in southern Wisconsin

GJ Struik - Ecology, 1965 - Wiley Online Library
… In the present study, temporal growth patterns of selected annual, biennial, and perennial
greater energy resources available to perennials from stored root reserves. Among the 10 …

Perennial grain crops: A synthesis of ecology and plant breeding

LR DeHaan, DL Van Tassel, TS Cox - Renewable Agriculture and …, 2005 - cambridge.org
perennials lends support to the feasibility of perennial grain breeding. The perennial legume
… Nitrate losses through subsurface tile drainage in conservation reserve program, alfalfa, …

Back to perennials: Does selection enhance tradeoffs between yield and longevity?

L González-Paleo, AE Vilela, DA Ravetta - Industrial Crops and Products, 2016 - Elsevier
… compared growth, reproduction and the storage of reserves, … Empirical information about
the pattern of use of reserves and … new criteria of selection of perennial species, since they will …

To grow or survive: which are the strategies of a perennial grass to face severe seasonal stress?

T Keep, JP Sampoux, P Barre… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… adaptations within perennial ryegrass reveals that the seasonal modulation of growth potential
is … Our results are consistent with the growth versus drought survival trade-off reported in …

Development and growth characteristics of temperate perennial legumes

MB Forde, MJM Hay, JL Brock - Persistence of forage legumes, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
… review the growth characteristics of the major temperate perennial legumes and … reserves
and eventual death. Cutting in late autumn is especially critical as it may reduce root reserves

Food reserves in relation to other factors limiting the growth of grasses

LF Graber - Plant Physiology, 1931 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… cuttings during the growing season apparently give little opportunity for sufficient accumulation
of stored foods to assure the maintenance of a desirableproductivity in this perennial. …

The evolution of annual and perennial plant life histories: ecological correlates and genetic mechanisms

J Friedman - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Perennial plants live for many years and most perennials are … , cycling back and forth between
growth and reproduction and … and perennial to have the same population growth rate (λa = …

Alterations in growth habit to channel end-of-season perennial reserves towards increased yield and reduced regrowth after defoliation in upland cotton (Gossypium …

S Naveed, N Gandhi, G Billings, Z Jones… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
… the cotton fiber yield by altering its growth habit from perennial to annual. In this effort, we …
combinations to develop cotton lines with annual growth habit, optimal flowering time, and …

Recent advances in control of flowering and growth habit of geophytes

AH Halevy - V International Symposium on Flower Bulbs 266, 1989 - actahort.org
… their growth habit and flowering cycles: annual or perennial, … may drastically change their
growth and flowering habit. For … the amount of the carbohydrate reserves in the bulb seems to …