Intercropping corn with lablab bean, velvet bean, and scarlet runner bean for forage

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Armstrong, Kevin L ^a   Albrecht, Kenneth A ^b   Lauer, Joseph G ^b   Riday, Heathcliffe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; LABLAB; LABLAB PURPUREUS; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38949165645     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.04.0244     Document Type: Article

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