Determining the contribution of legumes in legume-grass mixtures using digital image analysis

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1910-1916

  Himstedt, Maike ^a   Fricke, Thomas ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 70349194425     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.11.0636     Document Type: Article

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