Alfalfa root nitrogen reserves and regrowth potential in response to fall harvests

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-194

  Dhont, Catherine ^a   Castonguay, Yves ^b   Nadeau, Paul ^b   Bélanger, Gilles ^b   Chalifour, François P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0037242594     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.1810     Document Type: Article

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