Root growth of Lolium Perenne L.

Implementation of Genomic Prediction in Lolium perenne (L.) Breeding Populations

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is one of the most widely grown forage grasses in temperate agriculture. In order to maintain and increase its usage as forage in livestock agriculture, there is a continued need for improvement in biomass yield, quality, disease resistance, and seed yield. Genetic gain for traits such as biomass yield has been relatively modest. This has been attributed t...

Impact of cadmium and zinc on root system of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens.

Urbanization, industrialization and agricultural practices have resulted in soil contamination with heavy metals in many world areas. Phytostabilization is an emerging solution to limit pollutant dispersion out of the contaminated area without expensive costs (Vangronsveld et al., 2009). However, because of the heavy metal phytotoxicity, the implementation of a plant cover could be jeopardized....

The effects of maleic hydrazide on growth control of perennial ryegrass (lolium perenne L.CV. yarandi)

Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of a Major Allogamous Forage Species, Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Lolium perenne L. (perennial ryegrass) is globally one of the most important forage and grassland crops. We sequenced the chloroplast (cp) genome of Lolium perenne cultivar Cashel. The L. perenne cp genome is 135 282 bp with a typical quadripartite structure. It contains genes for 76 unique proteins, 30 tRNAs and four rRNAs. As in other grasses, the genes accD, ycf1 and ycf2 are absent. The gen...

Olivine Weathering in Soil, and Its Effects on Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.): A Pot Experiment

Mineral carbonation of basic silicate minerals regulates atmospheric CO(2) on geological time scales by locking up carbon. Mining and spreading onto the earth's surface of fast-weathering silicates, such as olivine, has been proposed to speed up this natural CO(2) sequestration ('enhanced weathering'). While agriculture may offer an existing infrastructure, weathering rate and impacts on soil a...