Effect of row spacing and seeding rate on forage yield and quality of perennial cereal rye (Secale cereale L.)

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-369

  Acharya, S N ^a   Mir, Z ^a   Moyer, J R ^a   Orshinsky, B R ^a   Thomas, J E ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid detergent fibre; Crude protein; Digestibility; Forage yield; Neutral detergent fibre; Perennial cereal rye; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

CROP PERFORMANCE; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGE; GRASS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEEDING; SPACING;

CANADA;

ELYMUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; SECALE MONTANUM;

EID: 0038824894     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P01-183     Document Type: Article

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