Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses
Author: Beat Boller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441907602
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Grassland farming in Europe was already established during the settlement of the rst farmers together with their domesticated animals after the last ice age. Since then, grassland provides the forage basis to feed ruminant animals for the p- duction of meat and milk. Depending on the ecological conditions and intensity of usage, various plant communities with different species developed, displaying a rich biodiversity. With the introduction of improved crop rotations at the end of the 16th century, grasses and legumes were also grown to an important extent as forage crops on arable land. In the last decades the importance of amenity grasses increased markedly, due to the demand of the society for new usages like landscape protection. Around 1900 interested farmers and academics identi ed the need for gra- land improvement through systematic selection and seed production. This marks the beginning of breeding and research in companies but also at universities and specialized research institutes. Plant collection started with many of the species that are still of importance today. The collected materials were grouped according to the intended use and some type of phenotypic selection was applied. Seed mul- plication of such populations was performed in pure stands and the harvested seed was marketed. Although the vegetative biomass and its quality are of utmost imp- tance in forage crop breeding, it is the seed yield potential which determines the commercial success of a new variety.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1441907602
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Grassland farming in Europe was already established during the settlement of the rst farmers together with their domesticated animals after the last ice age. Since then, grassland provides the forage basis to feed ruminant animals for the p- duction of meat and milk. Depending on the ecological conditions and intensity of usage, various plant communities with different species developed, displaying a rich biodiversity. With the introduction of improved crop rotations at the end of the 16th century, grasses and legumes were also grown to an important extent as forage crops on arable land. In the last decades the importance of amenity grasses increased markedly, due to the demand of the society for new usages like landscape protection. Around 1900 interested farmers and academics identi ed the need for gra- land improvement through systematic selection and seed production. This marks the beginning of breeding and research in companies but also at universities and specialized research institutes. Plant collection started with many of the species that are still of importance today. The collected materials were grouped according to the intended use and some type of phenotypic selection was applied. Seed mul- plication of such populations was performed in pure stands and the harvested seed was marketed. Although the vegetative biomass and its quality are of utmost imp- tance in forage crop breeding, it is the seed yield potential which determines the commercial success of a new variety.
Agro-ecological Assessments for National Planning
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Soil Resources, Management, and Conservation Service
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032633
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Fallow and Fodder Crops
Author: John Wrightson
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Journal
Author: Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Western Australia
Author: Western Australia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia
Author: South Australia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
The Principles of Agricultural Practice as an Instructional Subject
Author: John Wrightson
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Bulletin of the Bureau of Agricultural Intelligence and of Plant-Diseases
Author:
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Category : Agricultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1478
Book Description
International Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Author: Western Australia. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description