Stand establishment

Warm-Season (C4) Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 145-177

  Masters, Robert A ^a   Mislevy, Paul ^b   Moser, Lowell E ^c   Rivas Pantoja, Fernando ^d  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C4 grass; Desired plant community; Plant growth; Planting date; Seedbed preparation; Stand establishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101480733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr45.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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