Drought resistance aspects of turfgrasses in the southeast: Root-shoot responses

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 687-694

  Carrow, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILOPODA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS; EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES; FESTUCA; JAPONICA; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 0029787701     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600030028x     Document Type: Article

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