Research Article

Responses of Three Bromegrass (Bromus) Species to Defoliation under Different Growth Conditions

Table 1

Date of defoliation and the corresponding cumulative growing-degree-days (GDDs) between defoliation and measurement of above-ground biomass and tiller density for three bromegrasses during the summers of 2006 and 2007 in field studies at Saskatoon, Canada.

Date of defoliation Date of measurement GDD
200620072006200720062007

Vegetative stage
 All three bromegrasses10 May 9 May1 Aug13 Jul1465 964
Stem elongation stage
 Meadow bromegrass19 May25 May28 Jul24 Jul12711049
 Smooth bromegrass22 May31 May1 Aug27 Jul13041045
 Hybrid bromegrass22 May26 May1 Aug24 Jul13041041