Use of germination curves to describe variation in germination characteristics in three turfgrass species

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 891-899

  Larsen, Søren Ugilt ^a   Bibby, Bo Martin ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 2442623401     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.8910     Document Type: Article

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