Legume nitrogen supply in pasture may be compromised unless competitive weeds are controlled

Claim · model-written summary

Legume nitrogen supply in pasture may be compromised unless competitive weeds are controlled

Taxon

Trifolium repensTrifolium repense3

Outcome

competitive weeds are controllede4

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Verbatim

e3

“Combinations of Pilosella officinarum (mouse-eared hawk-weed, an invasive weed), Trifolium repens (white clover, a nitrogen fixer) and Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot, a pasture grass) were planted into a soil with low-to-deficient concentrations of key nutrients”

e4

“requirements for legumes to be the main source of nitrogen in pasture grasslands may be compromised unless competitive weeds are controlled”