Root architecture of interspecific hybrids between Trifolium repens L. and Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb and their potential to deliver ecosystems services

Athole Hay Marshall, Matthew James Lowe, Ellen Mary Sizer Coverdale

Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion CynhadleddTrafodion Cynhadledd (Nid-Cyfnodolyn fathau)

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The potential of grasslands to deliver ecosystem services and mitigate some of the impacts of climate change is increasingly being recognised. Backcross hybrids between the stoloniferous Trifolium repens L., and the related rhizomatous species T. ambiguum M. Bieb have been produced using T. repens as the recurrent parent. The differences between parental species and the backcrosses in root morphology were studied in 1m long pipes. The parental species differed in root distribution and in root weight distribution, with root weight of T.ambiguum significantly greater than T. repens in the 0.1m to 0.5m root zone. The backcrosses exhibited root characteristics intermediate between the parents. The extent to which such differences in root architecture may influences soil structure and deliver ecosystem services is discussed.

Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
TeitlEGF at50: The Future of European Grasslands
Is-deitlGrassland Science in Europe- Proceedings of the 25th EGF COnference , Aberystwyth
CyhoeddwrPrifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University
Tudalennau350-352
Nifer y tudalennau3
Cyfrol19
ISBN (Argraffiad)978-0-9926940-1-2, 0992694019
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 2014

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