Predicting developmental morphology in switchgrass and big bluestem

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 827-832

  Mitchell, Rob B ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^b   Moser, Lowell E ^c   Fritz, John O ^d   Redfearn, Daren D ^e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0030715053     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900050018x     Document Type: Article

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