Forage yield and economic losses associated with the Brown-midrib trait in sudangrass

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 782-789

  Casler, M D ^a   Pedersen, J F ^c   Undersander, D J ^b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPERACEAE; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 0037696249     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.7820     Document Type: Article

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