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Bermuda grass—Worldly, Wily, Wonderful Weed

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    William R. Kneebone (Professor of Agronomy)

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Conversations of author with various Indian graduate students at the University of Arizona, 1963.

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Kneebone, W.R. Bermuda grass—Worldly, Wily, Wonderful Weed. Econ Bot 20, 94–97 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861931

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