Evaluation of small grain cultivars for forage in North Alabama

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 133-145

  Lema, M ^a   Cebert, E ^b   Sapra, V ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Plant/Soil Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage dry matter production; Forage quality; Nutrient content; Rye cultivars; Small grains; Triticale cultivars; Wheat cultivars

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FORAGE; WHEAT;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 3242754931     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v23n04_10     Document Type: Article

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