Light interception, reserve status, and persistence of clipped Mott elephantgrass swards

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 649-655

  Chaparro, C J ^a   Sollenberger, L E ^b   Quesenberry, K H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 0029812602     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600030022x     Document Type: Article

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