Date of Award:
5-1957
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Plants, Soils, and Climate
Department name when degree awarded
Agronomy
Committee Chair(s)
DeVere R. McAllister
Committee
DeVere R. McAllister
Abstract
Tall wheatgrass Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. has gained in importance since its introduction into the United States in 1909 from its native habitat on saline meadows and seashores of Southern Europe and Asia Minor. This very late-maturing, coarse, nonlodging 2 1/2 to 6-foot-tall bunchgrass was discarded in Utah in 1919 for being too aggressive. It is now under production in the intermountain and other regions because of its cold and drought tolerance as well as for its salt tolerance and its ability to make excellent fall and spring recovery. According to Weintraub (1953) this salt-tolerant plant gives high yields of forage on sub-irrigated alkaline soils.
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Recommended Citation
Matheson, Keith I., "An Evaluation of Selfing Techniques for Agropyron elongatum" (1957). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 4859.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4859
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