Comparative methods of measuring thatch on a creeping bentgrass green

Crop Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 230-234

  Callahan, Lloyd M ^a   Sanders, William L ^a   Parham, John M ^a   Harper, Cynthia A ^a   Lester, Lori D ^a   McDonald, Ellen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA VAR. PALUSTRIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0031032554     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700010040x     Document Type: Article

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