Intercropping corn with soybean, lupin and forages: Yield component responses

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-115

  Carruthers, K ^a   Prithiviraj, B ^a   Fe, Q ^a   Cloutier, D ^a   Martin, R C ^a   Smith, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn; Forages; Intercropping; Silage; Soybean; Yield components

Indexed keywords

INTERCROPPING; SEEDING; YIELD RESPONSE;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0034010038     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(99)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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