Change in agronomie performance of Lolium perenne and Lolium multiflorum varieties in the past 40 years based on data from Belgian VCU trials

Plant Breeding

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 680-690

  Chaves, B ^a   De Vliegher, A ^a   Van Waes, J ^a   Carlier, L ^a   Marynissen, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dry matter yield; Forage breeding; Grassland management; Persistency; Rust resistance; Ryegrasses

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 70649114671     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2009.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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