Species for low-input sustainable turf in the U.S. Upper midwest

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 690-694

  Diesburg, Kenneth L ^a   Christians, Nick E ^b   Moore, Richard ^b   Branham, Bruce ^c   Danneberger, T Karl ^d   Reicher, Zachary J ^e   Voigt, Thomas ^f   Minner, David D ^g   Newman, Robert ^h  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Purdue Univ ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; AGROPYRON DESERTORUM; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS ALBA; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; AGROSTIS GIGANTEA; BUCHLOE; ELYMUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS; ELYMUS LANCEOLATUS SUBSP. LANCEOLATUS; FESTUCA LEMANII; FESTUCA OVINA; FESTUCA TRACHYPHYLLA; ORINA; OVIS ARIES; PHILOMACHUS PUGNAX; POA; POA ALPINA; POA BULBOSA; POA COMPRESSA; POA TRIVIALIS;

EID: 0030766656     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900040024x     Document Type: Article

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