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A comparison of a number of annual cool season legumes under dryland conditions in the Dohne Sourveld

Published in: Journal of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Volume 5 , issue 3 , 1988 , pages: 143–145

DOI: 10.1080/02566702.1988.9648126

Author(s): C.J.G. Le Roux Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Eastern Cape Region), , L.G. Howe Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (Eastern Cape Region),

Keywords: Growth curves , seed production , Trifolium vesiculosum , Vicia spp , DM yield

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Abstract

Fifteen annual cool season legumes were compared under dryland conditions on two sites in the Dohne Sourveld. These sites were Dohne, with a mild but dry winter and an average rainfall of 743 mm per year, and Grasslands, a colder, wetter site.

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