Forage yield and the quality of perennial legume-grass mixtures under rainfed conditions

Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Albayrak, Sebahattin ^a   Türk, Mevlüt ^a   Yüksel, Osman ^a   Yilmaz, Murat ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Bromegrass; Mixture; Relative feed value; Sainfoin

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BROMUS SECALINUS; DESMODIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ONOBRYCHIS; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; POACEAE; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 79958293764     PISSN: 0255965X     EISSN: 18424309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15835/nbha3915853     Document Type: Article

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