Hairy vetch biomass across the eastern united states: Effects of latitude, seeding rate and date, and termination timing

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1510-1519

  Mirsky, Steven B ^a   Ackroyd, Victoria J ^a   Cordeau, Stephane ^b,c   Curran, William S ^d   Hashemi, Masoud ^e   Reberg Horton, S Chris ^f   Ryan, Matthew R ^c   Spargo, John T ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015318360     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2016.09.0556     Document Type: Article

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