Defoliation management of bahiagrass germplasm affects dry matter yield and herbage nutritive value

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-995

  Interrante, S M ^a   Sollenberger, L E ^b   Blount, A R ^c   White, U R ^d   Liu, K ^b   Coleman, S W ^e  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Natural Resource Conservation Service   (United States)

^e USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAHIAGRASS; BREEDING LINES; DAY-LENGTH; DRY MATTER YIELD; DRY MATTERS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GERMPLASMS; IN-VITRO; MINIMAL EFFECTS; NUTRITIVE VALUES; ORGANIC MATTER; WARM SEASONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HARVESTING;

PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM;

EID: 68149152280     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0236x     Document Type: Article

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