Annual and seasonal changes in production and composition of grazed clover-grass mixtures in organic farming

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-325

  Kuusela, Eeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nutritive value; Organic dairy farming; Pastures; Trifolium pratense; Trifolium repens; Trifoliun hybridum

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 9644299713     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/1239099042643071     Document Type: Article

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