Biological efficiency and economic benefits of pea-barley and pea-oat intercrops

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Kwabiah, A B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Forage yield; Land equivalent ratio; Oat; Pea; Seeding rate

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; CROP YIELD; FORAGE; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 13844271843     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v25n01_09     Document Type: Article

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