Effects of defoliation frequency on the development and establishment of a vegetatively planted turfgrass Eremochloa ophiuroides (centipede grass)

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-110

  Bao, G Z ^a   Hirata, M ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EREMOCHLOA; EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES; POACEAE;

EID: 33746455907     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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