Morphological and Physiological Responses of St. Augustine Grass Cultivars to Different Levels of Soil Moisture

Journal of Crop Improvement

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 291-308

  Lu, Huangjun ^a   Jessup, Kirk E ^b   Xue, Qingwu ^b   Cherry, Ronald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; STENOTAPHRUM; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM;

EID: 84875973124     PISSN: 15427528     EISSN: 15427536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2013.766665     Document Type: Article

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