Simulating guinea grass production: Empirical and mechanistic approaches

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Araujo, Leandro C ^a   Santos, Patricia M ^b   Rodriguez, Daniel ^c   Pezzopane, José Ricardo M ^b   Oliveira, Patricia P A ^b   Cruz, Pedro G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84875012596     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0245     Document Type: Article

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