Modelling spring growth of timothy and meadow fescue by an expolinear growth equation

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 216-224

  Bonesmo, Helge ^a  

^a Kvithamar Research Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

Festuca pratensis; Growth Rates; Phenological development; Phleum pratense; Sensitivity analysis; Soil moisture; Weather

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0033302852     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713782022     Document Type: Article

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