Seasonal changes in yield and nutritional quality of cicer milkvetch and alfalfa in northeastern Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-446

  Loeppky, H A ^a   Bittman, S ^a   Hiltz, M R ^a   Frick, B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astragalus cicer L.; Cicer milkvetch; digestibility; leaf retention; Medicago sativa L.; protein

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; CICER MILKVETCH; FORAGE LEGUME; NUTRITIONAL QUALITY; YIELD;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, MELFORT;

ASTRAGALUS CICER; FABACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030416678     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-078     Document Type: Article

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