Seasonal variations in condensed tannin concentration of three Lotus species

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1059-1065

  Gebrehiwot, Lulseged ^a   Beuselinck, Paul R ^a   Roberts, Craig A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

SEASONAL VARIATIONS;

AGRONOMY;

LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LOTUS GLABER; LOTUS ULIGINOSUS;

EID: 0036746541     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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