Management of natural Kentucky bluegrass-white clover pasture

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 140-142

  Murphy, William M ^a   Silman, Joshua P ^b   McCrory, Lisa E ^b   Flack, Sarah E ^b   Schmitt, Abdon L ^b   Mzamane, Nthoana M ^b  

^a Department of Agronomy ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage production; Harrowing; Management intensive grazing; Natural swards; Soil aeration; Sward dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; DACTYLIS; ELYMUS REPENS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 16944364766     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0889189300007426     Document Type: Article

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