Buffalograss

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1003-1026

  Shearman, Robert Bob C ^a   Riordan, Terrance P ^a   Johnson, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalograss cultivars; Seed production; Sod production; Soil conservation; Turfgrass quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101457877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c31     Document Type: Chapter

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