Yields of alfalfa varieties with different fall-dormancy levels in a temperate environment

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1146-1152

  Wang, Chengzhang ^a   Ma, B L ^b   Yan, Xuebing ^a   Han, Jinfeng ^a   Guo, Yuxia ^a   Wang, Yanhua ^a   Li, Ping ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY MATTER YIELD; DRY MATTERS; MEDICAGO; TEMPERATE REGIONS; TOTAL YIELD; WINTER HARDINESS; YIELD POTENTIAL;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 70349464744     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0026     Document Type: Article

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