Ryegrasses

Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 605-641

  Jung, Gerald A ^a   Van Wijk, A J P ^b   Hunt, W F ^c   Watson, Clarence E ^d  

^a VanderHave Grasses BV ^*  (United States)

^b VanderHave Grasses BV   (Netherlands)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural characteristics; Breeding history; Environmental conditions; Genetic variation; Grazing management practices; Latium multiflarum; Latium perenne; Ryegrasses; Seed production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140940377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr34.c19     Document Type: Chapter

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