Yield potential and forage quality of annual forage legumes in southern Alberta and northeast Saskatchewan

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-155

  Fraser, J ^a   McCartney, D ^b   Najda, H ^c   Mir, Z ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage quality; Forage yield; Lens; Medicago; Pisum; Trifolium; Vicia

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; LEGUME; YIELD;

ALBERTA; BROOKS; CANADA; LETHBRIDGE; MELFORT; NIPAWIN; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LENS CULINARIS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PLEUROCORONIS PLURISETA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM HIRTUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM; TRIFOLIUM VESICULOSUM; VICIA; VICIA BENGHALENSIS; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 2342446615     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P02-100     Document Type: Article

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