Alfalfa Winter Hardiness: A Research Retrospective and Integrated Perspective*

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2006, Pages 203-265

  Castonguay, Yves ^a   Laberge, Serge ^a   Brummer, E Charles ^b   Volenec, Jeffrey J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750440266     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(06)90006-6     Document Type: Review

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