Estimation of dry matter yield on permanent grassland by means of height assessment;Schätzung des trockenmasseertrages auf dauergrünland mit hilfe einer höhenmessung

Pflanzenbauwissenschaften

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-83

  Trott, Hagen ^a   Ingwersen, Bernhard ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a   Taube, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estimation of herbage mass; Permanent grassland; Rising platemeter; Sward composition; Sward height

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRASSLAND; SWARD; YIELD;

EID: 0036866196     PISSN: 14318857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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