Forage yield, growth rate, and nitrogen uptake of faba bean intercrops with wheat, barley, and rye in three seeding ratios

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2148-2158

  Lithourgidis, A S ^a   Dordas, C A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 78650136515     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.12.0735     Document Type: Article

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