Effect of initial harvest timing on cultivar yield in cool-season forage grass trials

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-141

  Hall, M H ^a   Stout, R C ^a   Deak, A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; SILT; SOILS; YIELD STRESS;

CULTIVARS; DRY MATTER YIELD; FORAGE GRASSES; HARVEST SCHEDULE;

HARVESTING;

CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FORAGE; HARVESTING; SILT; SOIL; YIELD;

BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 13544264564     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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