Defoliation effects on leaf blade proportion and nutritive value of four Pennisetum genotypes

Annual Proceedings Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida

Volumn , Issue 60, 2001, Pages 114-119

  Macoon, B ^a   Sollenberger, L E ^a   Moore, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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