Pasture and stocker cattle performance on furrow-irrigated alfalfa and tall wheatgrass pastures, Southern High Plains, USA

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 305-315

  Lauriault, L M ^a   Kirksey, R E ^a   Donart, G B ^a   Sawyer, J E ^b   VanLeeuwen, D M ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dep of Agric and Ext Educ   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON ELONGATUM; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; ELYTRIGIA; ELYTRIGIA ELONGATA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM;

EID: 12344276686     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0305     Document Type: Article

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