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An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1992.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/85347 An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees Theron, G.K. Van Rooyen, M.W. (Margaretha W.), 1950- Mynhardt, Jennifer Elizabeth UCTD Ecophysiological study key grass species Anthephora Pubescens Nees Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 1992. The effect of competitive stress was studied in two key grass species, Athephora pubescens Nees ecotype VH20 and Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees cultivar Ermelo. Increasing competition resulted in a decrease in the total yield per plant in both species. Eragrostis curvula proved to be the superior competitor, while A. pubescens was evidently an inferior competitor exhibiting high sensitivity to both forms of competitive interference. Both intra - and interspecific competition failed to have a significant effect on the pattern of biomass allocation to the vegetative organs in both species, while reproductive allocation was absent. A decrease in net co2 uptake rate per unit leaf area, exhibited by both species, coincided with a decrease in leaf production per plant. Increasing competition resulted in retarded relative growth rates and restricted morphological development. A field survey conducted in a natural plant community did not support the findings made of A. pubescens in the pot trials. Plant Science MSc Unrestricted 2022-05-17T11:20:21Z 2022-05-17T11:20:21Z 2021/09/13 1992 Dissertation * https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85347 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Ecophysiological study key grass species Anthephora Pubescens Nees Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title | An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title_full | An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title_fullStr | An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title_short | An Ecophysiological study of two key grass species, Anthephora Pubescens Nees and Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| title_sort | ecophysiological study of two key grass species anthephora pubescens nees and eragrostis curvula schrad nees |
| topic | UCTD Ecophysiological study key grass species Anthephora Pubescens Nees Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85347 |