Relationships between water use efficiency, carbon isotope discrimination, and turf performance in genotypes of Kentucky bluegrass during drought

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1754-1762

  Ebdon, J S ^a   Kopp, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 4444299869     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1754     Document Type: Article

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