'Coastal' and 'tifton 44' bermudagrass availability on animal and pasture productivity

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1280-1288

  Burns, J C ^a   Fisher, D S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; MAMMALS; SOILS;

BERMUDA GRASS; BERMUDAGRASSES; CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS; CANOPY HEIGHTS; CLAY LOAMS; CYNODON DACTYLON; PASTURE PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL SURFACES; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 53149097713     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0381     Document Type: Article

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