Irradiance and defoliation effects in three species of the forage grass Brachiaria

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Baruch, Zdravko ^a   Guenni, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA DICTYONEURA; POACEAE;

EID: 56149106260     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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