Assessment of Relationships among Yield and Quality Traits in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) under Dryland Farming System, Hamadan, Iran

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

M. Davodi ¹ , A. A. Jafari ² , G. Assadian ³ , A. Ariapour ⁴

1 - DIslamic Azad University, Borujerd Branch
2 - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran,
3 - Agricultural Research center, Hamadan,
4 - Islamic Azad University, Borujerd Branch

Received: 2011-02-09 Accepted : 2011-04-26 Published : 2011-04-26

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