Warm-season (C4) GrassesLowell E. Moser, Byron L. Burson, Lynn Elwood Sollenberger American Society of Agronomy, 2004 - 1171 pages The only review of warm season and tropical grasses that covers all the major genera. - James P. Muir, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center. The warm season grasses are the major forage resources for ruminant livestock production in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In the U.S. warm season grasses are also playing a major role in prairie restoration. A companion book to Cool Season Forage Grasses. |
Table des matières
WarmSeason C4 Grass Overview | 1 |
Alternative Uses of WarmSeason Forage Grasses | 13 |
Resource Use Ecology and Global Change | 15 |
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