The relationship between herbage mass and pasture accumulation rate in winter

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Bluett, S J ^a   Matthew, C ^a   Bishop Hurley, G J ^a   Haslett, S J ^a   Hodgson, J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Herbage mass; On farm data; Pasture accumulation rate; Quadratic regression

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; PASTURE; WINTER;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032406015     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1998.9513314     Document Type: Article

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