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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Volume 42, 2011 - Issue 19
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Cover Crop Seeding Rate Effects on Forage Yields of Oat and Barley and Underseeded Bromegrass–Alfalfa Mixture

S. S. Malhi Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Farm, Melfort, Saskatchewan, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. Foster Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Pages 2344-2350 | Received 08 Sep 2010, Accepted 17 Sep 2010, Published online: 30 Sep 2011

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