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Genus Agropyron

Known as: Agropyron, Agropyrons, Wheatgrasses 
A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The common name of wheatgrass is also used for other plants in the family.
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Overexpression of AeNHX1, a root-specific vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter from Agropyron elongatum, confers salt tolerance to Arabidopsis and Festuca plants
Agropyron elongatum, a species in grass family, has a strong tolerance to salt stress. To study the molecular mechanism of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Limitations of in situ hybridization with total genomic DNA in routine screening for alien introgressions in wheat
In situ hybridization with total genomic DNA (GISH) has become a powerful tool in characterization of alien introgressions in… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Root responses and nitrogen acquisition by Artemisia tridentata and Agropyron desertorum following small summer rainfall events
Resources in the Great Basin of western North America often occur in pulses, and plant species must rapidly respond to temporary… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Competition Intensity along a Productivity Gradient in a Low‐Diversity Grassland
Competition among plants often shifts from roots to shoots as productivity increases and species composition changes. We examined… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Molecular diversification of tandemly organized DNA sequences and heterochromatic chromosome regions in some triticeae species
The subtelomeric heterochromatin of rye (Secale cereale) chromosomes makes up 12–18% of the genome and consists largely of a… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Effect of Herniaria hirsuta and Agropyron repens on calcium oxalate urolithiasis risk in rats.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Gene induction and repression by salt treatment in roots of the salinity-sensitive Chinese Spring wheat and the salinity-tolerant Chinese Spring x Elytrigia elongata amphiploid.
An artificial amphiploid from a cross between salinity-sensitive bread wheat cultivar Chinese Spring and highly tolerant… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
The response of native vertebrate populations to crested wheatgrass planting and grazing by sheep.
Native vertebrate population levels were examined in grazed and ungrazed habitats dominated by big sagebrush (Artemisia… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Multiple defoliation effects on herbage yield, vigor, and total nonstructural carbohydrates of five range species.
Highlight: Western wheatgrass (Agropyron smithii), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), and fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Chromosome numbers in Poa, Agropyron, and Elymus.
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