Pasture cropping with C4 grasses in a barley-lupin rotation can increase production

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1002-1015

  Lawes, R A ^a   Ward, P R ^a   Ferris, D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

barley; C4 grass; lupin; Mediterranean environment; over cropping; pasture cropping; plant competition

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GRASS; OVERCROWDING; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER;

HORDEUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84907820023     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP13442     Document Type: Article

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