Cool-season grasses for pasture

Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 321-355

  Burns, Joseph C ^a   Bagley, C P ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal management; Beef cattle; Cool season grasses; Grazing management; Pasture; Sheep production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140936716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr34.c11     Document Type: Chapter

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