Using a chlorophyll meter to determine the chlorophyll concentration,nitrogen concentration, and visual quality of St. Augustinegrass

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 751-754

  Rodriguez, Ian R ^a   Miller, Grady L ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

SPAD; Stenotaphrum secondatum; Turfgrass nutrition; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; STENOTAPHRUM SECONDATUM; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM;

EID: 0033930071     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.4.751     Document Type: Article

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