Grass-legume bicultures as winter annual cover crops

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 659-665

  Ranells, Noah N ^a   Wagger, Michael G ^b  

^a Div of Soil and Water Conservation   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENA; ARENA SATIVA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM SATIVUM; POACEAE; SATIVUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030799697     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900040019x     Document Type: Article

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