ISSN:
1365-2494
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Five trials were carried out in 1979 to assess the influence of cultivar, seed rate, fertilizer application and the inclusion of oats as a companion crop on the dry matter (DM) yield of forage peas grown in the west of Scotland. Despite the season being abnormally cold the crop consistently produced between 6 and 8 t DM ha-1. There was little difference between cultivars in the yield of forage produced but there were considerable differences in the time taken to reach maturity. All cultivars lodged. There was no yield response to seed rate of between 80 and 280 kg ha-1 nor to fertilizer N and K applications. The inclusion of oats in the seeds mixture greatly reduced lodging and had no marked effect on DM yield but the organic matter digestibility and crude protein concentration were lower than recorded for peas grown alone in previous years.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1982.tb01613.x
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