Physiology and developmental morphology

Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 87-125

  Nelson, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary buds; Carbon budget; Cool season grasses; Dark respiration; Developmental morphology; Plant physiology

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EID: 85140943275     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr34.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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