Light and heavy turfgrass seeds differ in germination percentage and mean germination thermal time

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1710-1720

  Larsen, Søren U ^a   Andreasen, Christian ^b  

^a Forest and Landscape Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 4444333483     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1710     Document Type: Article

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