Five decades of alfalfa cultivar improvement: Impact on forage yield, persistence, and nutritive value

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 902-909

  Lamb, JoAnn F S ^a   Sheaffer, Craig C ^a   Rhodes, Landon H ^b   Sulc, R Mark ^b   Undersander, Daniel J ^c   Brummer, E Charles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 33644976162     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.08-0236     Document Type: Article

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