Minimizing thatch and mat development in a newly seeded creeping bentgrass golf green

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1529-1535

  McCarty, Lambert B ^a   Gregg, Matthew F ^a   Toler, Joe E ^a   Camberato, James J ^a   Hill, Hoke S ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POACEAE;

EID: 22844432637     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0366     Document Type: Article

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