Determination of dry matter yield from legume-grass swards by field spectroscopy

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1927-1936

  Biewer, Sonja ^a   Fricke, Thomas ^a   Wachendorf, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 70349213267     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.10.0608     Document Type: Article

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