Underground vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. amphicarpa): A potential pasture and forage legume for Dry Areas in West Asia

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 136-141

  Abd El Moneim, A M ^a   Elias, S F ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Amphicarpa; Grazing; Marginal lands; Rotation; Subterranean vetch

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRYLAND FARMING; FORAGE; GRAZING; LEGUME; PASTURE;

ASIA;

AMPHICARPAEA; BOVIDAE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 0038306505     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037X.2003.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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