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The effect of shading on photosynthesis, growth, and regrowth following defoliation for Bromus tectorum

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Elizabeth A Pierson, R Alan Black, and Richard N Mack, The effect of shading on photosynthesis, growth, and regrowth following defoliation for Bromus tectorum: .

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The effect of full sunlight, 60%, or 90% attenuated light on photosynthetic rate, growth, leaf morphology, dry weight allocation patterns, phenology, and tolerance to clipping was examined in the glasshouse for steppe populations of the introduced grass, Bromus tectorum. The net photosynthetic response to light for plants grown in shade was comparable to responses for plants grown in full sunlight. Plants grown in full sunlight produced more biomass, tillers and leaves, and allocated a larger proportion of their total production to roots than plants grown in shade. The accumulation of root and shoot biomass over the first two months of seedling growth was primarily responsible for the larger size at harvest of plants grown in full [...]

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