Forage nutritive value and morphology of three old world bluestems under a range of irrigation levels

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2258-2268

  Philipp, D ^a   Allen, V G ^b   Mitchell, R B ^c   Brown, C P ^b   Wester, D B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA; BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; ISCHAEMUM;

EID: 27644489342     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0669     Document Type: Article

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