Matric priming of Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue seeds benefits seedling emergence

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1061-1063

  Pill, Wallace G ^a   Frett, John J ^a   Williams, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea; Poa pratensis; Turfgrass

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0030827764     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.6.1061     Document Type: Article

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