A greenhouse method to screen brachiariagrass genotypes for aluminum resistance and root vigor

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 968-976

  Wenzl, Peter ^a   Arango, Adriana ^b   Chaves, Alba L ^c   Buitrago, María E ^c   Patiño, Gloria M ^c   Miles, John ^c   Rao, Idupulapati M ^c  

^a DArT P/L   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 33644990276     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.07.0209     Document Type: Article

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