Competition in perennial ryegrass-white clover mixtures under cutting. 1. Dry-matter yield, species composition and nitrogen fixation

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-366

  Elgersma, A ^a   Nassiri, M ^a,b   Schlepers, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CULTIVAR; SEASONALITY;

LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0032430887     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.1998.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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