Aboveground responses of cool-season lawn species to nitrogen rates and application timings

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1225-1236

  Walker, Kristina S ^a   Bigelow, Cale A ^a   Smith, Douglas R ^b   Van Scoyoc, George E ^a   Reicher, Zachary J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 34548149939     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.09.0595     Document Type: Article

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