Effects of Sowing Season and Cultivation Method on Vegetative Traits and Establishment of Astragalus lilacinus in Ardebil Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Analysis and Evaluation

Alireza Eftekhari ¹ , Jaber Sharifi ² , Ehsan Zandi Effahan ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
2 - Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Ardabil Province, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-18 Accepted : 2021-07-12 Published : 2022-04-01

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