Leaf and stem characteristics of timothy plants divergently selected for the ratio of lignin to cellulose

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2425-2429

  Claessens, Annie ^a   Michaud, Réal ^b   Bélanger, Gilles ^b   Mather, Diane E ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 27644551784     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.0652     Document Type: Article

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