Intercropping berseem clover with barley and oat cultivars for forage

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1719-1729

  Ross, Shirley M ^a   King, Jane R ^a   O'Donovan, John T ^b   Spaner, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SOILS;

BARLEY; CEREALS; GRAZING;

CROPS;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 9944261432     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.1719     Document Type: Article

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