Drought tolerance and rooting capacity of Kentucky bluegrass cultivars

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2429-2436

  Richardson, Michael D ^a   Karcher, Douglas E ^a   Hignight, Kenneth ^b   Rush, Debra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Nexgen Seed Research LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 57149111026     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.01.0034     Document Type: Article

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