Width of clover strips and wheat rows influence grain yield in winter wheat/white clover intercropping

Field Crops Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 280-290

  Thorsted, M D ^a   Olesen, J E ^b   Weiner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition; Crop management; Intercropping; Nitrogen uptake; White clover; Winter wheat; Yield components

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CROP MANAGEMENT; INTERCROPPING; WHITE CLOVER; WINTER WHEAT;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; INTERCROPPING; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; GRAIN; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; WHEAT;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 30044440472     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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