Effective Growing Degree Days as a Critical Factor for Yield and Qualitative Values of Timothy in Subarctic Growing Conditions

• Main Author: Nissinen, Oiva
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UKnowledge 2021
• Subjects: timothy; effective degree days; dry matter yield; crude protein; crude fiber; organic matter digestibility; Plant Sciences; Soil Science; Rovaniemi; Subarctic; Lapland
• Online Access: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/9/28; https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4380&context=igc

The yield and forage quality of timothy (Phleum pratense L.) leys at different stages of development were studied in 1991-1999 at the Lapland Research Station of the Agricultural Research Centre of Finland in Rovaniemi (66o35´N). The aim of the study was to determine the optimal time for the first c...