The green manure value of seven clover species grown as annual crops on low and high fertility temperate soils

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-476

  Ross, S M ^a   King, J R ^a   Izaurralde, R C ^b,d   O'Donovan, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Joint Global Change Research Institute   (United States)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d 5825 University Research Court   (United States)

Author keywords

Clover; Green manure; Nitrogen fixation; Trifolium species

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOMASS; FORAGE; HERB; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLOWING; SOIL FERTILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM;

EID: 68249131290     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS08173     Document Type: Article

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