Annual legumes for forage systems in the United States Gulf Coast Region

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-421

  Foster, J L ^a   Adesogan, A T ^a   Carter, J N ^b   Sollenberger, L E ^a   Blount, A R ^b   Myer, R O ^b   Phatak, S C ^c   Maddox, M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

CAJANUS CAJANS; CRUDE PROTEINS; DRY MATTERS; FLORIDA; FORAGE LEGUMES; GLYCINE MAXES; GULF COASTS; HERBAGE MASS; IN FIELDS; IN-VITRO; LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS; N FERTILIZERS; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBERS; NUTRITIVE VALUES; PIGEONPEA; SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITIES; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CAJANUS CAJAN; GLYCINE MAX; POACEAE; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 63049118170     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0083x     Document Type: Article

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