Tiller demographics and leaf area index of four perennial pasture grasses

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-53

  Mitchell, Robert B ^a   Moser, Lowell E ^b   Moore, Kenneth J ^c   Redfearn, Daren D ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ANIMALIA; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 0002702122     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1998.00021962009000010009x     Document Type: Article

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