Prairiegrass-brassica hybrid swards for autumn dry matter production

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1227-1235

  Belesky, D P ^a   Neel, J P S ^a   Ruckle, J M ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION;

BRASSICA HERBAGE; PRAIRIEGRASS BRASSICA; STOCKPILING HERBAGE; SWARDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VARIETIES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS;

EID: 33749176628     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0037     Document Type: Article

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