Production of lotus corniculatus L. under grazing in a dryland farming environment

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Ramirez Restrepo C A ^a,b   Kemp, P D ^a   Barry, T N ^a   Lopez Villalobos N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dryland farming systems; Herbage mass; Lotus corniculatusL; Perennial rye grass white clover pasture; Sward surface height

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GRAZING; PASTURE; PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIRARAPA;

LOLIUM PERENNE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33646830613     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2006.9513698     Document Type: Article

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