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M. J. Trlica, Jr., C. Wayne Cook, Carbohydrate Reserves of Crested Wheatgrass and Russian Wildrye as Influenced by Development and Defoliation, Journal of Range Management, Vol. 25, No. 6 (Nov., 1972), pp. 430-435
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