Yield and stability of yield of single- and multi-clover grass-clover swards in two contrasting temperate environments

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-245

  Frankow Lindberg, Bodil E ^a   Halling, M ^a   Hoglind M ^b   Forkman, J ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grass clover swards; Trifolium hybridum; Trifolium pratense; Trifolium repens; Yield stability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; GRASS; LEGUME; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL QUALITY; SWARD; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 68849099375     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2009.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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