Fertilization of native warm-season grasses

Native Warm-Season Grasses: Research Trends and Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 177-200

  Brejda, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern gamagrass; Environmental effects; Management effects; Native warm season grasses; Nitrogen fertilization; Nitrogen use efficiency; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103048438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub30.c12     Document Type: Chapter

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