Published in Crop Sci 39:1809-1814 (1999)
© 1999 Crop Science Society of America
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Growth of White Clover Ecotypes, Cultivars, and Germplasms in the Southeastern USA
G.E. Brinka,
G.A. Pedersona,
M.W. Alisonb,
D.M. Ballc,
J.H. Boutond,
R.C. Rawlse,
J.A. Stuedemannf and
B.C. Venutog
a USDA-ARS, P.O. Box 5367, Mississippi State, MS 39762 USA
b Macon Ridge Res. Stn., 212 Macon Ridge Rd., Winnsboro, LA 71295 USA
c 120 Extension Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5633 USA
d Crop & Soil Sciences Dep., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7272 USA
e Upper Coastal Plain Substn., P.O. Box 706, Winfield, AL 35594 USA
f USDA-ARS, J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resource Conservation Center, 1420 Exp. Stn. Rd., Watkinsville, GA 30677 USA
g Louisiana State University, 215 M.B. Sturgis Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA

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Fig. 1 Stolon length of three white clover cultivars, one germplasm, and four ecotypes stocked continuously with cattle (mean of four locations)
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Fig. 2 Number of stolon branches of three white clover cultivars, one germplasm, and four ecotypes stocked continuously with cattle (mean of four locations)
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Fig. 3 Proportion of stolon nodes of three white clover cultivars, one germplasm, and four ecotypes that produced an elongated stolon bud (A) or were capable of producing a viable shoot or root axillary bud (B) when stocked continuously with cattle (mean of four locations)
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Fig. 4 Proportion of stolon nodes of three white clover cultivars, one germplasm, and four ecotypes that were rooted when stocked continuously with cattle (mean of four locations)
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