Climate change and winter survival of perennial forage crops in Eastern Canada

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1120-1130

  Bélanger, Gilles ^a   Rochette, Philippe ^a   Castonguay, Yves ^a   Bootsma, Andrew ^a   Mongrain, Daniell ^a   Ryan, Daniel A J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SNOW; SOILS;

WINTER INJURIES;

CROPS;

EID: 0036746469     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2002.1120     Document Type: Article

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