Leaf nutritive value related to tiller development in warm-season grasses

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-122

  Hendrickson, J R ^a   Moser, L E ^a   Moore, K J ^a   Waller, S S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Andropogon gerardii var. paucipilus (Nash) Fern.; Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.)Scribn.; IVDMD; Phenology; populations; Protein

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ANDROPOGON HALLII; CALAMOVILFA LONGIFOLIA; FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031005842     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002367     Document Type: Article

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