Morphological and agronomic characterisation of a collection of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and P. purpureum x P. glaucum

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-158

  Van De Wouw, Mark ^a,b   Hanson, Jean ^a   Luethi, Samuel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; HYBRID; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 0033393043     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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