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Alpasto

Description:
Una empresa Mexicana que vende semillas de pastos y algunas leguminosas.

Accessible from:
http://www.alpasto.com.mx/index2.htm

Annual Ryegrass

Description:
This is a 2-page publication on annual ryegrass as a cover crop. It has information on management, environmental preferences and limitations of ryegrass.

Accessible from:
http://eesc.orst.edu/AgComWebFile/EdMat/EM8691.pdf

Annual Ryegrass for Stored Feed and Pasture

Description:
Published by the University of Guelph (Canada) this factsheet discusses annual ryegrass grown as pasture and feed.

Accessible from:
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/98-039.htm

Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)

Description:
This is a short descriptive page of the characteristics, cultivars, uses, and management practices of annual ryegrass. The page has links to other sites with ryegrass information.

Accessible from:
http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/GreenManures/annual_ryegrass.asp

Comparison of Fifteen Grass Cover Crops Evaluated at the Lloyd Crisp Vineyard

Description:
This brief report outlines a cover crop comparison trial carried out in a vineyard in Oregon, USA.

Accessible from:
http://www.wsu.edu/pmc_nrcs/technotes/plant_materials/tntpm22.htm

Considering No-Till as a Nitrogen-Reducing Best Management Practice

Description:
This article discusses the use of no-till and cover crops as management practices in the United States that are intended to keep nitrogen out of groundwater and surface water. In general the authors concluded that without a cereal winter cover crop no-till systems alone will not significantly reduce nitrogen.

Accessible from:
http://www.neuse.ncsu.edu/Final_release_no-till.htm

Cover Crops

Description:
This Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Canada) website contains plant descriptions and other information including some photos of legume, non-legume, and grass cover crop species.

Accessible from:
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/cover_crops01/covercrops.htm

Methods for the Evaluation of Forage Legumes, Grasses and Fodder Trees for Use as Livestock Feed

Description:
The International Livestock Research Institute discusses initial screening methods, schemes for further evaluation, planning an evaluation, as well as experimental design and analysis.

Accessible from:
http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/mba_project/CIEPCA/exmats/forage.pdf

Winter Cover Crops

Description:
This brief article from West Virginia University's extension service offers suggestions on choosing and establishing a winter cover crop.

Accessible from:
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/~forage//3502.htm


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