Brachiariagrasses

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 745-783

  Miles, John W ^a   Do Valle, Cacilda B ^b   Rao, Idupulapati M ^a   Euclides, Valéria P B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomictic reproduction; Brachiariagrass breeding programs; Brachiariagrass cultivars; Growth pattern; Host plant resistance; Koroniviagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101466990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c22     Document Type: Chapter

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