Orchardgrass

Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 503-534

  Van Santen, Edzard ^a   Sleper, David A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic group; Cytogenetics; Orchardgrass; Protein content; Reproductive maturity; Synthetic cultivars; Transmission genetics; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140943845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr34.c16     Document Type: Chapter

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