Yield and quality components of silage maize in killed and live cover crop sods

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 179-190

  Garibay, S V ^a   Stamp, P ^b   Ammon, H U ^a   Feil, B ^a  

^a Eidgenossische Forsch Anst A   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Forage quality; Living mulch; Lolium multiflorum Lam.; Maize; Minerals; Nitrogen fertilization; Reduced tillage; Ryegrass; Strip tillage; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; CULTIVATION METHOD; FORAGE QUALITY; LIVING MULCH; SILAGE MAIZE;

SWITZERLAND;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030613595     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(96)02043-6     Document Type: Article

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