Competition and facilitation in hairy vetch-barley intercrops

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 239-247

  Tosti, Giacomo ^a   Benincasa, Paolo ^a   Guiducci, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barley; Competition; Facilitation; Hairy vetch; Intercropping; Mixtures

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COVER CROP; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; FACILITATION; FODDER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOWING;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA;

EID: 84857330200     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2010.239     Document Type: Article

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