Effects of harvest period, nitrogen fertilization and mycorrhizal fungus inoculation on triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) forage yield and quality

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-286

  Cazzato, E ^a   Laudadio, V ^a   Tufarelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

digestibility; fertilization; mycorrhization; protein fractions; triticale

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CEREAL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORAGE; FUNGUS; HARVESTING; INOCULATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PROTEIN; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICOSECALE WITTMACK;

EID: 84868370803     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000482     Document Type: Article

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