Corn production with kura clover as a living mulch

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 698-705

  Zemenchik, Robert A ^a   Albrecht, Kenneth A ^a   Boerboom, Chris M ^a   Lauer, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033915236     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.924698x     Document Type: Article

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