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An overview on the role and potential of forage production on lowland organic livestock farms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference of the Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR). This paper outlines some of the factors influencing the level of forage production on organic lowland farms.
Jones, Evan L, Weller, Richard F
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Forage herbs improve mineral composition of grassland herbage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Provision of an adequate mineral supply in the diets of ruminants fed mainly on grassland herbage can present a challenge if mineral concentrations are suboptimal for animal nutrition.
Eriksen, Jørgen   +6 more
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A Cost‐Effective and Scalable Machine Learning Approach for Quality Assessment of Fresh Maize Kernel Using NIR Spectroscopy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A cost‐effective and scalable PCNN approach is developed for NIR model construction that has compatibility with multiple instruments and multiple crops. It is time and cost saving, rapid and nondestructive, small sample set based, various quality properties and extensible for breeding application in fresh maize, forage maize, rice, wheat, and barley ...
Jiang Shi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Root biomass accumulation in some varieties and hybrids of pea (Pisum sativum L.) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of BioScience and Biotechnology, 2015
Root biomass accumulation in spring and winter varieties and hybrids pea was recorded in field experiment in the Institute of Forage Crops, Pleven, Bulgaria (2011-2013).
VILIANA VASILEVA, VALENTIN KOSEV
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Forage Brassica Variety Trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Forage brassicas are very cold hardy and can extend the grazing season late into the fall. They grow extremely fast and provide very nutrient dense feed at times when growth is limited for many other species.
Brigham, Nate   +5 more
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Dollars for Drops: Abatement Cost of Water for Irrigation in the Colorado River Basin

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Colorado River is a lifeline for more than 40 million people in the western United States. However, with climate change diminishing snowpacks in the Rocky Mountains and increasing demands from agriculture and urban areas, the river's flow has become insufficient to meet all the competing needs.
Shahin Bahrami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Alfalfa Swards in the Conditions of Middle Balkan Mountains

open access: yesNotulae Scientia Biologicae, 2018
One of the most effective measures used to enhance natural grasslands in mountain and semi-mountain conditions is the inclusion of species such as alfalfa which is characterized by increased productivity, stability and adaptability.
Natalia Anastasova GEORGIEVA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficiency of SSR and PawS markers for evaluation of genetic polymorphism among red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) cultivars

open access: yesТруды по прикладной ботанике, генетике и селекции, 2020
Background. Identification of crop varieties is presently one of the most important aspects due a significant annual increase in the number of newly developed cultivars.
I. A. Klimenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of global Napier grass (Cenchrus purpureus) collections reveals high genetic diversity among genotypes with some redundancy between collections

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Genetic diversity amongst genotypes of several Napier grass collections was analyzed and compared with the diversity in a set of open pollinated progeny plants. A total of 114,881 SNP and 46,293 SilicoDArT genome-wide markers were generated on 574 Napier
Meki S. Muktar   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

No-till Forage Establishment in Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
We assessed the effectiveness of no-till forage establishment at six Alaska locations: Anchor Point, Sterling, Point MacKenzie, Palmer, Delta Junction, and Fairbanks.
Gavlak, Raymond G.   +4 more
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