forage crop

collocation in English

meaningsofforageandcrop

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forage
noun[U or C]
uk
/ˈfɒr.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈfɔːr.ɪdʒ/
food grown for horses and ...
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crop
noun
uk
/krɒp/us
/krɑːp/
(the total amount collected of) a plant such as a grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in ...
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(Definition offorageandcropfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These programs need to be crafted to enable the long-term nature of perennialforagecropresearch to compete successfully.
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The station has gradually extended its traditional role of breeding improvedforagecropvarieties to studying animal performance and to general agronomic work on hill and upland pastures.
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It is also grown in rotation with cotton as aforagecrop.
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Wheat is planted to a limited extent as aforagecropfor livestock, although the straw can not be used as feed.
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A good potentialforagecropwith high nutritional value, characterized by high seed productivity in less favourable years.
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When grown as aforagecrop, it is planted 734 kg/ha, and 1020 kg/ha when grown as the only crop.
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It is also grown as aforagecropfor livestock.
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It is a legume, grown as aforagecrop.
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It is present elsewhere as an introduced species and it is cultivated in some areas as a fodder andforagecrop.
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Alfalfa was named for the primaryforagecropgrown there under irrigation.
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The plant has been extensively cultivated as aforagecrop, an ornamental, a bee plant and as green manure.
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Similarly, the various ecological benefits of a system including forage crops are not accounted in this analysis.
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Seaweed-based fertilizer can increase antioxidant levels in forage crops and improve the quality of forage-fed beef16.
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The results suggested that alternate irrigation with saline drainage water increased the yields of all the forage crops compared with using saline drainage water only.
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This method can mainly be recommended for vegetable growers or farmers without livestock, who cannot integrate perennial forage crops in their rotation.
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The lowintensity treatment was planted with a diversity of forage crops in 2003 and had not been cultivated during the 2-year experiment.
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Prospects for further improvements in forage crops through breeding are excellent, despite the increasingly complex requirements of grassland to support sustainable land-use.
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Introducing forage crops in a rotation has been shown to significantly improve yield6.
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