Promising options for improving performance and proanthocyanidins of the forage legume sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.)

Euphytica

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Kölliker, Roland ^a,b   Kempf, Katharina ^b   Malisch, Carsten S ^b,c   Lüscher, Andreas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Cultivation practices; Forage legume; Marker assisted breeding; Self fertilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024485053     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-017-1965-6     Document Type: Article

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