Late summer forage yield, nutritive value, compatibility of warm- and cool-season grasses seeded with legumes in western Canada

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1139-1148

  Biligetu, B ^a   Jefferson, P G ^b   Muri, R ^c   Schellenberg, M P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Western Beef Development Centre   (Canada)

^c SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forage mixture; Forage nutritive value; Legume; Native grass; Stockpile grazing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906534001     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2013-269     Document Type: Article

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