?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Forage+cuts+as+a+by-product+in+organic+seed+production&rft.creator=Deleuran%2C+L.C.&rft.creator=Boelt%2C+B.&rft.subject=+Breeding%2C+genetics+and+propagation&rft.subject=+Pasture+and+forage+crops&rft.description=A+major+problem+in+organic+grass+seed+production+on+arable+farms+is+to+provide+for+a+sufficient+nitrogen+supply.+A+nitrogen-fixing+crop+may+be+able+to+cover+the+nitrogen+requirement+-+wholly+or+partly.+However+mixed+cropping+of+a+grass+seed+and+a+nitrogen-fixing+crop+is+expected+to+reduce+the+establishment+of+the+seed+crop%2C+especially+for+species+that+require+a+long+establishment+period.+One+way+to+achieve+a+satisfactory+establishment+of+the+seed+crop+can+be+to+introduce+an+intervening+year+for+cutting+forage+between+cover+crop+harvest+and+seed+harvest.+This+will+enhance+tillering%2C+since+the+light+supply+for+the+undersown+grass+is+increased+after+each+cut.+However+excessive+biomass+will+hinder+drying+of+the+crop+at+maturity+and+therefore+the+growth+of+the+nitrogen-fixing+crop+must+be+terminated+or+reduced+in+the+seed+production+year.+One+of+the+first+organic+seed+experiments+at+Research+Centre+Flakkebjerg+focused+on+the+above-mentioned+factors.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F459%2F1%2Fnewsletter34page5_7.pdf&rft.identifier=Deleuran%2C+L.C.+and+Boelt%2C+B.+(2002)+Forage+cuts+as+a+by-product+in+organic+seed+production.+IHSG+Newsletter%2C+34%2C+pp.+5-7.+**&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F459%2F