Alfalfa pasture bloat can be eliminated by intermixing with newly-developed sainfoin population

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1470-1478

  Sottie, E T ^a,b   Acharya, S N ^a   McAllister, T ^a   Thomas, J ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Iwaasa, A ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84903168088     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj13.0378     Document Type: Article

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