Yield and quality of forage maize grown under marginal climatic conditions in Northern Ireland

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-223

  Farrell, A D ^a   Gilliland, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry matter; Plastic mulch; Starch; Temperature; Thermal time; Yield; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; FORAGE; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAIZE; MULCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STARCH;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955523018     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.2010.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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