Herbage production, persistence, nutritive characteristics and water use of perennial forages grown over 6 years on a wakanui silt loam

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-439

  Brown, H E ^a   Moot, D J ^a   Pollock, K M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chicory; Cichorium intybus; Herbage nutritive characteristics; Herbage production; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Persistence; Red clover; Trifolium pratense; Water extraction patterns; Water use

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; LEGUME; WATER USE; YIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 30744438834     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513677     Document Type: Article

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