Influence of nitrogen rate and form on quality of putting greens cohabited by creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Schlossberg, Maxim J ^a   Schmidt, John P ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS;

CULTIVATION;

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA VAR. PALUSTRIS; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 33846235946     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0136     Document Type: Article

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