Forage yield and quality for monocrops and mixtures of small grain cereals

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 138-147

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

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; BIOMASS; CEREAL; FORAGE YIELD; HARVEST; MIXTURE; MOISTURE; MONOCULTURE; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; SEED; SILAGE;

AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE RIMPAUI;

EID: 0034003873     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.401138x     Document Type: Article

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