Yield, maturation, and forage quality of alfalfa in a black walnut alley-cropping practice

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  McGraw, Robert L ^a   Stamps, W Terrell ^a   Houx, James H ^a   Linit, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Juglans nigra; Medicago sativa; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ALLEY CROPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; HARVESTING; HAY; MATURATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; YIELD RESPONSE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; STOCKTON; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 50249167644     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9162-1     Document Type: Article

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