Can herbage nitrogen fractionation in Lolium perenne be improved by herbage management?

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Hoekstra, Nyncke J ^a,b   Struik, P C ^a   Lantinga, E A ^a   Van Amburgh, M E ^c   Schulte, R P O ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cutting height; High sugar grass; N application rate; Perennial ryegrass; Regrowth period

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PROTEIN; REGROWTH;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 46249132160     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80035-8     Document Type: Article

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