Productivity under contrasting cutting regimes of perennial ryegrass selected for short and long leaves

Euphytica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-299

  Hazard, L ^a   Ghesquiere M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cutting frequency; Dry matter; Lolium perenne; Perennial ryegrass; Plant improvement; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030741426     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003048316012     Document Type: Article

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