Digitgrass and other species of digitaria

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 715-743

  Pitman, W D ^a   Chambliss, Carrol G ^b   Hacker, J Bryan ^c,d  

^a Sugarcane Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef production; Digitaria haller; Milk production; Pest problems; Seed production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101451727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c21     Document Type: Chapter

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