Competition indices of common vetch and cereal intercrops in two seeding ratio

Field Crops Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 249-256

  Dhima, K V ^a   Lithourgidis, A S ^b   Vasilakoglou, I B ^c   Dordas, C A ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forage; Intercropping; LER; Mixture; Monetary advantage

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MIXTURES; SEED;

INTERCROPPING; MONETARY ADVANTAGE; VETCH-OAT; VETCH-WHEAT;

CROPS;

CEREAL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EXPLOITATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME;

CEREALS; FARM CROPS; FORAGE; MIXTURES; WHEAT;

AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 33751503449     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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