Yield and yield components of corn interseeded with cover crops

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-68

  Abdin, Omar ^a   Coulman, Bruce E ^b   Cloutier, Daniel ^c   Faris, Mohamed A ^a   Zhou, Xiaomin ^a   Smith, Donald L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0002162219     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1998.00021962009000010012x     Document Type: Article

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