Clover cover crops under-sown in winter wheat increase yield of subsequent spring barley-Effect of N dose and companion grass

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 292-298

  Bergkvist, Göran ^a   Stenberg, Maria ^a   Wetterlind, Johanna ^a   Båth, Birgitta ^a   Elfstrand, Sara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catch crop effect; Cover crops; Intercropping; Relay cropping; Residual effect; Spring barley; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; PHYTOMASS; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROFILE; SPRING (SEASON); WHEAT;

SWEDEN;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78650180149     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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