Rhodesgrass

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 833-872

  Loch, Donald S ^a   Rethman, Norman F G ^b   Van Niekerk, Willem A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental adaptation; Management practices; Natural distribution; Physiological mechanisms; Rhodesgrass uses; Salt toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249104612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c25     Document Type: Chapter

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