Growth of subtropical forage grasses under extended photoperiod during short-daylength months

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 618-623

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a   Ray, Jeffery D ^b   Mislevy, Paul ^c   Premazzi, L Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CYNODON; CYNODON NLEMFUENSIS; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; PASPALUM NOTATUM; PENSACOLA; POACEAE;

EID: 0037339446     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.0618     Document Type: Article

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