Yield and nitrogen management of irrigated switchgrass systems in diverse ecoregions

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Pedroso, Gabriel M ^a   Hutmacher, Robert B ^b   Putnam, Daniel ^a   Wright, Steven D ^c   Six, Johan ^a   Van Kessel, Chris ^a   Linquist, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

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EID: 84875194323     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0354     Document Type: Article

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