Soil fertility and liming practices for production of annual ryegrass

Ecology, Production, and Management of Lolium for Forage in the USA

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 45-69

  Haby, Vincent A ^a   Robinson, D L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual ryegrass; Forage production; Limestone; Micronutrients; Nitrogen fertilization practices; Phosphorus; Potassium; Soil acidity; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102763259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub24.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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