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Factors affecting the accumulation of nitrogen in colliery spoil.

Published online: 30 Nov 1988

Authors: Palmer, J. P. & Chadwick, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Spoil N composition, DM yield, herbage N concentration and N yield were determined in Festuca rubra L. and Lolium perenne L. swards established on col...

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Influence of soil moisture and organic matter on scarab damage to grasses and clover.

Published online: 01 Jul 1970

Authors: Davidson, R. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based largely on the author's summary. In a pot experiment in New South Wales in 1963, second-instar larvae of the Melolonthid Rhopae...

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Pollinators, pests and yield - multiple trade-offs from insecticide use in a mass-flowering crop.

Published online: 07 Sep 2022

Authors: Knapp, J. L. & Bates, A. & Jonsson, O. & Klatt, B. & Krausl, T. & Sahlin, U. & Svensson, G. P. & Rundlöf, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Multiple trade-offs likely occur between pesticide use, pollinators and yield (via crop flowers) in pollinator-dependent, mass-flowering crops (MFCs),...

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An investigation of the distribution during winter of the white clover seed weevil, Apion dichroum Bedel (Gol. Curculionidae).

Published online: 04 Jul 1965

Authors: Freeman, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The following is based almost entirely on the author's summary of this account of investigations carried out in south-eastern England during the winte...

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The effect of crop rotation on weeds in organic arable fields.

Published online: 17 Oct 2018

Authors: Mayer, F. & Kuhn, G. & Urbatzka, P. & Castell, A.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Crop rotation is an essential element in organic farming weed management. The effect of five different crop rotation systems on the abundance of arabl...

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Effect of couch grass and grass cultivars on competition between timothy and red clover.

Published online: 28 Oct 1985

Authors: Frankow-Lindberg, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Phleum pratense cv. Vanadis, Saga and Alma were grown with Trifolium pratense in an outdoor pot experiment in replacement series with or without the a...

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Resistance to water flow in soil and plant. 1. Soil resistance in relation to amounts of root: theoretical estimates.

Published online: 03 Jan 1969

Authors: Newman, E. I.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Data are presented for a range of species including perennial grasses, white clover, lucerne, cereals and soyabeans on the length of roots per unit ar...

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An analysis of competition between plants of Trifolîum repens L. populations collected from contrasting soils.

Published online: 08 Jan 1972

Authors: Snaydon, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

2 populations of white clover from acid soil and 2 from calcareous soil were grown in partitioned containers of soil, pH 4.6 and 8.2, to give all comb...

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Some aspects of competition between pasture species: the effect of environment and defoliation.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Scarisbrick, D. H. & Ivins, J. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Plantago lanceolata was grown at a range of sowing rates in controlled-environment, glasshouse and field experiments in competition with perennial rye...

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The ability of bumblebees and honeybees to pollinate red clover.

Published online: 19 Dec 1966

Authors: Free, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The percentage of florets of the Trifolium pratense varieties Altaswede, Berry's and Essex which set seed when visited by Apis mellifera and Bombus ag...

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