Claim · model-written summary
Authors conclude mixtures offer little hay yield advantage over alfalfa monocultures.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae0 - Interactor
- grasse0other
- Outcome
- little yield advantagee0
- Qualifier
- when harvested as haye0
- Comparator
- alfalfa monoculturese0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingDirectionValue
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Verbatim
e0“alfalfa‐grass mixtures offer little yield advantage over alfalfa monocultures when harvested as hay”
Title
Yield Dynamics of Canopy Components in Alfalfa‐Grass Mixtures
G. D. Mooso; W. F. Wedin Agronomy Journal 1990. doi:10.2134/agronj1990.00021962008200040010x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Planting pattern, grass species and season affected mixture botanical composition.
- Association Planting pattern, grass species and season affected mixture yield.
- Intervention effect Alfalfa-grass mixtures exceeded alfalfa monoculture yield in only one spring cycle.
- Intervention effect Alfalfa-grass mixtures were less productive than alfalfa monocultures in summer regrowth.
- Association Reed canarygrass contributed more to spring total yield than orchardgrass.
- Association The two grasses had similar summer yield proportions.
- Association Grass yield in mixtures was unaffected by alfalfa association.