Apomictic bahiagrass expressing the bar gene is highly resistant to glufosinate under field conditions

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1691-1697

  Sandhu, Sukhpreet ^a   Altpeter, Fredy ^a   Blount, Ann R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 34547608106     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.11.0699     Document Type: Article

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