Leaf and stem mass characteristics of cool-season grasses grown in the Canadian parkland

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-63

  Baron, Vern S ^a   Dick, Alistair C ^a   King, Jane R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COLD TOLERANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; GRASS; GROWTH; HERBAGE; LEAF ACID DETERGENT FIBER; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; ALOPERCURUS; ALOPERCURUS PRATENSIS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS RIPARIUS; BROMUS SECALINUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034105250     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.92154x     Document Type: Article

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