Cultivar and environment effects on annual ryegrass forage yield, yield distribution, and nutritive value

Crop Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2049-2054

  Redfearn, Daren D ^a,c   Venuto, Brad C ^a   Pitman, W D ^b   Alison, M W ^b   Ward, Jerry D ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Macon Ridge Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0036889087     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2002.2049     Document Type: Article

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