Drought avoidance characteristics of diverse tall fescue cultivars

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 371-377

  Carrow, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0000186079     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600020026x     Document Type: Article

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