Production, survival and nutritive value of the perennial legumes Dorycnium hirsutum and D. rectum subjected to different cutting heights

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-70

  Bell, L W ^a   Moore, G A ^a,b   Ewing, M A ^a   Ryan, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canary clover; Digestibility; Forage quality; Grazing management; Lucerne; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

FORAGE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

DESMODIUM; DORYCNIUM; DORYCNIUM HIRSUTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33645115085     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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