Agronomic feasibility of a continuous double crop of winter wheat and soybean forage in the southern Great Plains

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1652-1660

  MacKown, Charles T ^a   Heitholt, James J ^b   Rao, Srinivas C ^a  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547555812     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.10.0683     Document Type: Article

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