Benefits of mixing grasses and legumes for herbage yield and nutritive value in Northern Europe and Canada

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Grass and Forage Science

• Publication date

  2014-06-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/GFS.12037
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