Perennial pennisetums

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 503-535

  Hanna, Wayne W ^a   Chaparro, Cesar J ^b   Mathews, Bruce W ^c   Burns, Joseph C ^d   Sollenberger, Lynn E ^e   Carpenter, James R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephantgrass; Flaccidgrass; Forage crop; Kikuyugrass; Napiergrass; Pennisetum orientale; Robust perennial

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101471826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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