Root production of a barrel medic (Medicago truncatula) pasture, a barley grass (Hordeum leporinum) pasture, and a faba bean (Vicia faba) crop in southern Australia

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1139-1150

  Crawford, Michael C ^a,b,c   Grace, Peter R ^a,b,d   Bellotti, W D ^a,b   Oades, J Malcolm ^a,b  

^a CRC for Soil and Land Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Root:shoot ratios; Rotations; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BARLEY GRASS; BARREL MEDIC; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FABA BEAN; PASTURE; ROOT PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA;

FABACEAE; HORDEUM; HORDEUM LEPORINUM; HORDEUM MURINUM SUBSP. LEPORINUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); POACEAE; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0343035593     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97006     Document Type: Article

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