Abiotic stresses and endophyte effects

Tall Fescue for the Twenty-First Century

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 49-64

  Belesky, David P ^a   West, Charles P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Adaptation zone; Endophyte effects; Light related factors; Plant grazer soil interactions; Soil conditions; Tall fescue; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102331954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr53.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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