Late-season management of alfalfa in irrigated valleys of the intermountain west

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 96-101

  Horrocks, R D ^a   Zaifnejad, Mojtaba ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hegi Brothers   (United States)

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MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0030964074     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1997.0096     Document Type: Article

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