Expected economic potential of substituting legumes for nitrogen in bermudagrass pastures

Crop Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1923-1930

  Biermacher, Jon T ^a   Reuter, Ryan ^a   Kering, Maru K ^a   Rogers, James K ^a   Blanton, John ^a   Guretzky, John A ^b   Butler, Twain J ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CYNODON (ANGIOSPERM); CYNODON DACTYLON; DESMODIUM;

EID: 84863575407     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2011.08.0455     Document Type: Article

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