Is there any agronomical interest in undersowing a cash crop with a cover crop? The case of a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) undersown with a red fescue (Festuca rubra L.);Y a-t-il un intérêt agronomique à associer une culture commerciale et une plante de couverture ? Cas d'une association blé (Triticum aestivum L.) fétuque rouge (Festuca rubra L.)

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 420-431

  Ghiloufi, Mouna ^a   Picard, Didier ^a   Saulas, Patrick ^a   de Tourdonnet, Stéphane ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UMR INNOVATION   (France)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Nitrogen; Radiation; Soil; Yield components

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA RUBRA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78650087806     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2010.0438     Document Type: Article

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