Production performance of different lucerne varieties in China

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 481-488

  Zang, Wei Min ^a   Wang, Cheng Zhang ^a   Yang, Yu Xin ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Herbage yield; Leaf stem ratio; Lucerne; Plant height; Production performance

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; DRY MATTER; PASTURE; YIELD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 30744460638     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513682     Document Type: Article

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