Early and late desiccation in dirty Dora (2001)

Flower, R  Pratley, J Slater, P  Sivapalan, S

2001

Desiccation in the early growth stages of dirty Dora generally reduced culm growth. When subjected to late periods of desiccation plants are able to recover more effectively than in earlier periods of desiccation.  When desiccation occurred after the maturation of spikelets plants were unable to recover well.