Establishment stand thresholds for switchgrass grown as a bioenergy crop

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-161

  Schmer, M R ^a   Vogel, K P ^a   Mitchell, R B ^a   Moser, L E ^b   Eskridge, K M ^a   Perrin, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 32344440661     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0264     Document Type: Article

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