Traffic stress effects on bentgrass putting green and fairway turf

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1193-1202

  Samaranayake, H ^a   Lawson, T J ^a   Murphy, J A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CANINA; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; POA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 46849104702     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.09.0613     Document Type: Article

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