For switchgrass cultivated as biofuel in California, invasiveness limited by several steps

California Agriculture

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-103

  Ditomaso, Joseph M ^a   Barney, Jacob N ^b   Mann, J Jeremiah ^a   Kyser, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84878501686     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v067n02p96     Document Type: Review

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