Annual forage production from spring-planted winter cereal monocrops and mixtures with spring barley

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 565-577

  Juskiw, P E ^a   Salmon, D F ^a   Helm, J H ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual forage; Biomass; Forage quality; Winter rye; Winter triticale

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FORAGE; YIELD;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 0033389298     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P99-008     Document Type: Article

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