Growth and biomass allocation of the C4 grasses brachiaria brizantha and B. humidicola under shade

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2335-2341

  Dias Filho, Moacyr Bernardino ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Light regimes; Pastures; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; POACEAE; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 0034555846     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2000001200003     Document Type: Article

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