Nitrogen and CO2 Affect Regrowth and Biomass Partitioning Differently in Forages of Three Functional Groups
Jack A. Morgana,
R.Howard Skinnerb and
Jon D. Hansonc
a USDA, ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit, 1701 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80526
b USDA, ARS, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Laboratory, Bldg. 3702 Curtin Road, University Park, PA 16802
c USDA, ARS, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, PO Box 459, Mandan, ND 58554

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Fig. 1. Changes in shoot dry weight of M. sativa, P. smithii, and B. gracilis when grown under high/low (H/L) CO2 and N regimes during the 20 d following defoliation. The vertical bars represent ± standard error of the mean
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Fig. 2. Changes in whole plant dry weights of M. sativa, P. smithii, and B. gracilis when grown under high/low (H/L) CO2 and N regimes during the 20 d following defoliation. The vertical bars represent ± standard error of the mean
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Fig. 3. Changes in crown dry weight of M. sativa, P. smithii, and B. gracilis when grown under high/low (H/L) CO2 and N regimes during the 20 d following defoliation. The vertical bars represent ± standard error of the mean
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Fig. 4. Changes in root dry weight of M. sativa, P. smithii, and B. gracilis when grown under high/low (H/L) CO2 and N regimes during the 20 d following defoliation. The vertical bars represent ± standard error of the mean
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Fig. 5. Root:shoot ratio of M. sativa, P. smithii, and B. gracilis when grown under high/low (H/L) CO2 and N regimes during the 20 d following defoliation. The vertical bars represent ± standard error of the mean
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