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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CAB International, c1997-c1999.
Description:	2 v. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Forage plants -- Seeds. Seed technology. Forage plants -- Seeds. Seed technology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5018184

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Other authors / contributors:	Fairey, D. T. (Daphne T.) Hampton, J. G. (John G.)
ISBN:	0851991904 (v. 1 : alk. paper) 0851991912 (v. 2)
Notes:	Vol. 2 edited by D.S. Loch and J.E. Ferguson. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents:

General introduction
Establishing potential seed yield in grasses and legumes
Components of yield in grasses and legumes
Maturation of grass and legume seed
Grass seed crop management
Legume seed crop management
Pollination and fertilization in grasses and legumes
Harvesting and processing grass and legume seed
Seed quality of grasses and legumes
Breeding for higher seed yields in grasses and forage legumes
Case Histories
Festuca arundincea Schreb. (tall fescue) in the USA
Festuca rubra L. (creeping red fescue) in Canada
Lolium multiflorum Lam. (Italian ryegrass) in Germany
Lolium perenne L. (Perennial ryegrass) in Denmark
Poa pratensis L. (Kentucky bluegrass smooth stalked meadow grass) in The Netherlands
Dactylis glomerata L. (Cocksfoot Orchardgrass) in New Zealand
Lotus corniculatus L. (birdsfoot trefoil) in North America
Medicago spp. (Lucerne Alfalfa) in Canada
Trifolium pratense L. (red clover) in France
Trifolium repens L. (white clover) in New Zealand
Trifolium subterraneum L. (subterranean clover) in Australia
The forage seed trade

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