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Article: Regrowth of White Clover after Chilling: Assimilate Partitioning and Vegetative Storage Proteins.
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES, the effects of overwintering on perennial cultivated plants deserve attention since the climatic events occurring during the winter greatly influence spring regrowth. This is particularly true in the case of white clover grown in association with grass because clover is susceptible to winter damage (Harris et al., 1983; Frame and Newbould, 1986; Woledge et al., 1990). The principal consequences of low temperatures are losses of dry matter and stolon and bud death which can reduce spring regrowth potential. Competition between species is, therefore, exacerbated in early spring. Indeed, legume usually has a poor competitive ability with the associated ...