SOIL PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALFALFA WINTER SURVIVAL AT KAMLOOPS, BRITISH-COLUMBIA

Authors
VANRYSWYK AL STOUT DG HOGUE EJ HALL JW RODDAN BH
Citation
Al. Vanryswyk et al., SOIL PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED WITH ALFALFA WINTER SURVIVAL AT KAMLOOPS, BRITISH-COLUMBIA, Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 73(1), 1993, pp. 141-146
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Canadian Journal of Soil Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084271
Volume
73
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
141 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4271(1993)73:1<141:SPAWAW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) survival at Kamloops Agriculture Canada R esearch Station decreased following the 1985-1986 cold event, when sur vival varied along a soil gradient. Survival was positively related to the soil's potential available soil-water storage capacity, which may have contributed to a temporary buffering of soil-temperature decline . However, this relationship was not observed following the 1988-1989 cold event, when the air-temperature drop was greater following a prol onged mild period.