Creeping signalgrass versus bahiagrass for cow and calf grazing

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1582-1588

  Ezenwa, Ike V ^a,b   Kalmbacher, Robert S ^a   Arthington, John D ^a   Pate, Findlay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; NUTRITION; VEGETATION;

BAHIAGRASS; CALF GRAZING; SIGNALGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOS TAURUS; BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; MORRONE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; UROCHLOA HUMIDICOLA;

EID: 33751103155     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0097     Document Type: Article

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