Swath grazing potential of spring cereals, field pea and mixtures with other species

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1051-1058

  Aasen, Arvid ^a   Baron, Vern S ^b   Clayton, George W ^b   Dick, A Campbell ^b   McCartney, Duane H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cereal and field pea mixtures; Nutritive value; Weathering; Winter swath grazing

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GRAZING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PISUM; PISUM SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 13244283398     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/p03-143     Document Type: Article

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