Agronomic assessment of perennial wheat and perennial rye as cereal crops

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1716-1726

  Jaikumar, N S ^a   Snapp, S S ^a   Murphy, K ^b   Jones, S S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECALE CEREALE; THINOPYRUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869006155     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0291     Document Type: Article

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