Buffelgrass

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 477-502

  Hanselka, C Wayne ^a   Hussey, Mark A ^b   Ibarra F , Fernando ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INIFAP CECAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

north america; Breeding; Buffelgrass; Chromosome number; Fertilization; Forage production; Northern mexico; Seed production; South texas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858751693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c13     Document Type: Chapter

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