Evaluation of native warm-season grass cultivars for riparian zones

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Skinner, R Howard ^a   Zobel, Richard W ^b   Van Der Grinten, Martin ^c   Skaradek, William ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Flooding tolerance; Riparian buffers; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODING; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRAIRIE; RIPARIAN ZONE; ROOT SYSTEM; SATURATED MEDIUM; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TOLERANCE; VIGOR;

POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS; SPARTINA PECTINATA; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 77949620491     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.6.413     Document Type: Article

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