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The assessment of herbage legume varieties: I. Lucerne

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. Ellis Davies
Affiliation:
Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth
J. D. H. Reusch
Affiliation:
Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth

Extract

The performance of four varieties of lucerne, du Puits, Provence, Grimm and S 205, as spaced plants, in broadcast plots and in drills, with and without a companion grass was compared by yield of dry matter, percentage and yield of crude protein, leanness, weediness and reaction to leaf spot (Pseudopeziza medicaginis).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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