Growth retardant effects on visual quality and nonstructural carbohydrates of creeping bentgrass

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1197-1199

  Han, S W ^a   Fermanian, T W ^a   Juvik, J A ^a   Spomer, L A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; Flurprimidol; Paclobutrazol; PGR; Trinexapac ethyl

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0032432590     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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