Switchgrass

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 561-588

  Vogel, Kenneth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass productivity; Breeding; Genetic variability; Seed production; Switchgrass; Warm season

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046433634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c16     Document Type: Chapter

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