Aboveground phytomass productivity and morphological variability of Tunisian accessions of Cenchrus ciliaris L.

African Journal of Range and Forage Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Mseddi, Khalil ^a   Mnif, Lobna ^a   Chaieb, Mohamed ^a   Neffati, Mohamed ^b   Roux, Maurice ^c  

^a université de Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b Institute of Arid Regions   (Tunisia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Buffelgrass; Grassland; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; PENNISETUM CILIARE;

EID: 4944241538     PISSN: 10220119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/10220110409485833     Document Type: Article

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