Warm-season (C4) grass overview

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-14

  Moser, Lowell E ^a   Burson, Byron L ^b   Sollenberger, Lynn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural use; Cross pollination; Environmental protection; Forage quality; Grass pests; Photosynthetic system; Soil conditions; Warm season grass

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101439977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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