Composition of native warm-season grasses for bioenergy production in response to nitrogen fertilization rate and harvest date

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 655-662

  Waramit, Naroon ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^a   Heggenstaller, Andrew H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 79957625797     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0374     Document Type: Article

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