Adaptation of winter cereal species to shade and competition in a winter/spring cereal forage mixture

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-257

  Baron, V S ^a   De St Remy, E A ^a   Salmon, D F ^a   Dick, A C ^a  

^a LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptation; carbon exchange; Delayed harvest; respiration; shade; spring and winter cereal mixtures

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CEREAL; CROPPING SYSTEM; WINTER CEREAL;

CANADA, ALBERTA, LACOMBE;

HORDEUM VULGARE; POACEAE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030425762     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-045     Document Type: Article

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