Seeding rate, oat companion crop, and planting season effects on irrigated organic birdsfoot trefoil stands in the Mountain West United States

Crop Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 463-473

  Hunt, Sara R ^a   MacAdam, Jennifer W ^a   Griggs, Thomas C ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84952845766     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2015.04.0240     Document Type: Article

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