Companion crop performance in relation to annual biomass production, resource supply, and subsoil drying

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Harris, R H ^a,b,d   Crawford, M C ^a,d   Bellotti, W D ^b,d   Peoples, M B ^c,d   Norng, S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CRC for Plant based Management of Dryland Salinity   (Australia)

Author keywords

Companion crops; Inter cropping; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Nitrogen application; Over cropping; Pasture cropping; Triticale; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP PRODUCTION; INTERCROPPING; MONOCULTURE; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38149124034     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR07135     Document Type: Article

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