Intercropped wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and bean (Vicia faba L.) as a whole-crop forage: Effect of harvest time on forage yield and quality

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-36

  Ghanbari Bonjar, A ^a   Lee, H C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Forum for the Future   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forage; Harvest time; Intercrop; Wheat bean

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; HARVESTING; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NUTRITIVE VALUE; WHEAT; YIELD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

FRAXINUS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0042850279     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2003.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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