The effect of alteration of temperature upon the cationic composition in perennial ryegrass.

Abstract

Pot experiments were carried out with perennial ryegrass during the spring of 1955 and 1956. The mineral composition of the grass grown for varying lengths of time over a temperature range of 10-20 degrees G. was followed. It was found that a transition from cold to warm usually led to an increase in the cation content of the plants, the K-content undergoing the greatest change. Results were in agreement with the conclusions drawn by Kemp and 't Hart. [See Abs. 1028] from results of field experiments.-M.P. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)