Intercropping Maize and Faba Bean for Silage Under Swedish Climate Conditions

Agricultural Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-97

  Stoltz, Eva ^a   Nadeau, Elisabet ^b   Wallenhammar, Ann Charlotte ^a  

^a The Rural Economy and Agricultural Society   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Faba bean; Intercropping; Maize; Silage

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; PROTEINS;

CLIMATE CONDITION; FABA BEANS; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBRE; SILAGE; STARCH CONCENTRATION; SUGAR CONCENTRATION;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP YIELD; DIGESTIBILITY; DRY MATTER; FORAGE; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SILAGE; STARCH;

SWEDEN;

VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907858588     PISSN: 2249720X     EISSN: 22497218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40003-012-0048-0     Document Type: Article

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