Preliminary assessment of bladder clover (Trifolium spumosum L.) as an annual legume for ley farming systems in southern Australia

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 582-591

  Loi, Angelo ^a,b   Nutt, Brad J ^a,b   Howieson, John G ^b   Yates, Ron J ^a,b   Norman, Hayley C ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

forage; pasture improvement; plant selection; rotation.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRONOMY; ANNUAL PLANT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DOMESTICATION; DORMANCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; FECUNDITY; FORAGE; HARVESTING; HERB; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FARMING; NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAINFALL; SEED BANK; SOIL TEXTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

MEDICAGO; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SPUMOSUM;

EID: 84866698822     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP11337     Document Type: Article

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