drought · Growth · Trifolium repens (white clover)

Effects of summer grazing management on the performance of ‘Grasslands Huia’ and ‘Grasslands 4700’ white clovers in pastures · 1974

• negative
  Two-week hard grazing reduced 4700 clover growth to near Huia.

  compared with Huia

A basis for improved soil and water management for irrigated pastures in northern Victoria · 1988

• negative
  White clover leaf elongation fell by 33% after 30 mm of cumulative evaporation minus rainfall.
• negative
  White clover leaf elongation ceased after 65 mm E - R.

The Effect of Water Stress on the Vegetative Growth of White Clover (Trifolium repensL): Comparison of Long-term Water Deficit and a Short-term Developing Water Stress · 1991

• negative
  Stolon, petiole and lamina growth of white clover were reduced to some extent under water stress relative to control columns.

  compared with control columns

• no effect
  Water stress had no effect on vegetative growth of white clover when nitrate was supplied.
• negative
  Stolon growth was most reduced by water stress.

cited by 5 papers here

Water stress affects the productivity, growth components, competitiveness and water relations of phalaris and white clover growing in a mixed pasture · 1992

• negative
  Water stress severely restricted growth of both species.

Effect of summer moisture deficit on growth of five white clover cultivars · 1995

• negative
  Water deficit halved leaf size in Kopu and Pitau.
• no effect
  Water deficit did not significantly reduce leaf size in Huia, Tahora or Prop.

cites 1 paper here

Contribution of Leaf Expansion, Rate of Leaf Appearance, and Stolon Branching to Growth of Plant Leaf Area under Water Deficit in White Clover · 1996

• negative
  Leaves exposed to water deficit during expansion had reduced individual leaf area.

cited by 3 papers here

Effect of Drought Stress on Carbohydrate Composition and Concentration in White Clover · 2002

• negative
  Drought reduced white clover leaf dry weight by 74% after 28 days compared with controls.

  compared with control

• negative
  Drought reduced white clover leaf dry weight by 45% after 14 days compared with controls.

  compared with control

Reproductive Development of White Clover (Trifolium repens L.) is Not Impaired by a Moderate Water Deficit That Reduces Vegetative Growth: II. Fertilization Efficiency and Seed Set · 2002

• negative
  Moderate deficit reduced vegetative growth.

cites 1 paper here

De novo protein synthesis in relation to ammonia and proline accumulation in water stressed white clover · 2004

• no effect
  Leaf and root dry mass was not significantly affected during the first three days.

cited by 3 papers here

Transient increase of de novo amino acid synthesis and its physiological significance in water-stressed white clover · 2005

• no effect
  Leaf and root dry mass were unchanged significantly during the first three days of water deficit.

cites 1 paper here

Comparison of drought resistance in strawberry clover and white clover · 2007

• negative
  Drought reduced white clover leaf size and dry matter by over 50%.

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Kinetics of drought‐induced pathogenesis‐related proteins and its physiological significance in white clover leaves · 2007

• negative
  Dry matter declined significantly after 21 days of water deficit.

cites 1 paper here

Effects of Irrigation on the Seed Development and Quality of White Clover · 2007

• no effect
  Water shortage did not affect seed vigor.
• no effect
  Water shortage did not affect germination rate.

Water deficit-induced oxidative stress and the activation of antioxidant enzymes in white clover leaves · 2009

• negative
  From 14 days of water stress, dry mass of white clover decreased.
• no effect
  In the first 7 days of water deficit, dry mass, H2O2 and lipid peroxidation of white clover leaves were not significantly affected.

cites 1 paper herecited by 1 paper here

Potential Capacity of Symbiosis Nitrogen Fixation of White Clover-Rhizobium Interaction and Drought Limiting Factor · 2009

• negative
  Cyclic moderate drought affected clover foliar biomass accumulation more than foliar nitrogen content.

  compared with foliar nitrogen content

Water‐stress mitigation by selenium in Trifolium repens L. · 2011

• negative
  Water deficit decreased seedling fresh weight and leaf relative water content over the experiment.

Multivariate associations of flavonoid and biomass accumulation in white clover (Trifolium repens) under drought · 2012

• negative
  Water deficit reduced dry matter of white clover by 21%.

  compared with the controls

cites 2 papers herecited by 1 paper here

Variation in Response to Moisture Stress of Young Plants of Interspecific Hybrids between White Clover (T. repens L.) and Caucasian Clover (T. ambiguum M. Bieb.) · 2015

• negative
  Severe drought significantly reduced white clover leaf development rate relative to well-watered treatment; the backcross difference was relatively small.

  compared with control, well-watered treatment

• negative
  Severe drought significantly reduced white clover stolon growth rate relative to well-watered treatment; the backcross difference was relatively small.

  compared with control, well-watered treatment

cites 3 papers here

Impact of Seed Maturation and Drought on Seed Germination and Early Seedling Growth in White Clover (Trifolium repens L.) · 2021

• negative
  Drought reduced the germination index of yellow-coated white clover seeds by 64.1% relative to the control.

  compared with the control

• negative
  Drought reduced the mean germination percentage of yellow-coated white clover seeds by 52.4% relative to the control.

  compared with the control

• negative
  Drought reduced the seedling vigour index of yellow-coated white clover seeds by 41.9% relative to the control.

  compared with the control

• negative
  Drought reduced the radicle length of yellow-coated white clover seeds by 23.2% relative to the control.

  compared with the control

Canopy structure and stress induced changes in chlorophyll fluorescence – a mesocosm experiment · 2021

• negative
  Drought caused a stronger NDVI decrease in Trifolium repens than Lolium perenne.

Seed Priming with Chitosan Improves Germination Characteristics Associated with Alterations in Antioxidant Defense and Dehydration-Responsive Pathway in White Clover under Water Stress · 2022

• negative
  Water stress reduced germination percentage, vigor and indices, and seedling dry weight.