Agronomic comparison of four Panicum hybrids and two cultivars at three cutting intervals in Puerto Rico

Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico

Volumn 82, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Sotomayor Ríos, Antonio ^a,b   Quiles Belén, Adolfo ^b   Torres Cardona, Salvio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Guineagrass hybrid; Interspecific hybrid; Tobiata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245579     PISSN: 0041994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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