Biomass and nitrogen content of hairy vetch-cereal rye cover crop mixtures as influenced by species proportions

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2069-2082

  Poffenbarger, Hanna J ^a   Mirsky, Steven B ^b   Weil, Raymond R ^c   Maul, Jude E ^b   Kramer, Matthew ^b   Spargo, John T ^d   Cavigelli, Michel A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84945412424     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0462     Document Type: Article

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