Productivity, botanical composition, and nutritive value of swards including forage chicory

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 450-456

  Belesky, David P ^a   Fedders, James M ^a   Turner, Kenneth E ^a   Ruckle, Joyce M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS;

EID: 0032773393     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.00021962009100030015x     Document Type: Article

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