Dry matter production of white clover (Trifolium repens L.), Caucasian clover (T. ambiguum M. Bieb.) and their associated hybrids when grown with a grass companion over 3 harvest years

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-69

  Marshall, A H ^a   Williams, A ^a   Abberton, M T ^a   Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Powell, H G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutting; Forage production; Interspecific hybrids; Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb; Trifolium repens L.

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; DRY MATTER; FORAGE; HYBRID; PASTURE; PRODUCTIVITY;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0042349235     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2003.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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