Effects of stubble height and cutting frequency on regrowth of berseem clover in a Mediterranean semiarid environment

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1808-1814

  Giambalvo, Dario ^a   Amato, Gaetano ^a   Stringi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 79959612207     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.05.0271     Document Type: Article

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