Spring nitrogen rate and timing influence on seed yield components of perennial ryegrass

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 947-951

  Young III, William C ^a   Youngberg, Harold W ^a   Chilcote, David O ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEED;

DOUBLE RIDGE DEVELOPMENT STAGE (DR); PERENNIAL GRASS; SEED YIELD COMPONENTS; SPIKELET INITIATION DEVELOPMENT STAGE (SI);

AGRONOMY;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0030295186     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1996.00021962003600060017x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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