Wilt avoidance in St. Augustinegrass germplasm

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1135-1138

  Busey, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding; cultivar; drought; germplasm; resistance; Stenotaphrum secundatum; turf; water

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM;

EID: 0030430281     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.7.1135     Document Type: Article

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