Herbage dry-matter production and forage quality of three legumes and four non-leguminous forbs grown in single-species stands

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 705-716

  Elgersma, A ^a   Soegaard K ^b   Jensen, S K ^b  

^a Anjo Elgersma   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forage quality; Forbs; Functional groups; Herbs; Legumes; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907873043     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: 13652494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfs.12104     Document Type: Article

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