Diversity Relationships in Native, Warm-Season Plant Communities used for Agriculture

Studies suggest that diverse mixtures of plants may improve forage productivity and also be suitable as bioenergy crops. The objectives of this research were: 1) to measure the effects of native, warm-season perennial (NWSP) forage mixtures and management methods on productivity, weed biomass, nutr...

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Main Author: Bonin, Catherine Louise
Other Authors: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26574
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03312011-095801/