Differential responses of hybrid bluegrass and kentucky bluegrass to drought and heat stress

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2191-2195

  Abraham, Eleni M ^a   Meyer, William A ^b   Bonos, Stacy A ^b   Huang, Bingru ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature; Poa pratensis; Texas bluegrass; Water stress

Indexed keywords

POA; POA ARACHNIFERA; POA PRATENSIS;

EID: 57049177899     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.7.2191     Document Type: Article

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