Seed production

Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 383-411

  Kalton, Robert R ^a   Barker, Reed E ^b   Welty, Ronald E ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool season grasses; Cultivar stability; Harvestable commodity; Open pollinated perennials; Plant breeder; Seed consumer; Seed production; Weed control

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140936515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr34.c13     Document Type: Chapter

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