Abstract
The genus Dactylis comprises a small and systematically rather isolated group in the tribe Festuceae of the grass family (Stebbins and Zohary 1959). The best known and most economically important species is Dactylis glomerata L., commonly referred to as “orchardgrass” in the United States and as “cocksfoot” in Europe, especially in the British Isles. It is a cool-season forage grass grown for both pasture and hay. Although it is a native of Europe, it has existed in North America for more than 200 years (Jung and Baker 1985).
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Conger, B.V., Trigiano, R.N., Gray, D.J., McDaniel, J.K. (1995). Somatic Embryogenesis in Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78643-3_7
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