Forage quality of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) x Caucasian clover (T. ambiguum M. Bieb.) hybrids and their grass companion when grown over three harvest years

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-99

  Marshall, A H ^a   Williams, T A ^a   Abberton, M T ^a   Michaelson Yeates, T P T ^a   Olyott, P ^a   Powell, H G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutting; Forage quality; Interspecific hybrids; Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb; Trifolium repens L.

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GRASS; HYBRID; LEGUME; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PASTURE;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 2142732479     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2004.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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