Re: alfalfa for N scavenging

Frederick R. Magdoff (fmagdoff@zoo.uvm.edu)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 14:19:02 -0500 (EST)

Ann,
Not clear why any non-nitrogen fixing alfalfa "scavenger" of N
would be any better than a number of good old N-scavenging grasses.

FRED

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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor wrote:

> Folks: I've had a request from a local supplier of bottled water for
> the name of a N-scavenging alfalfa cultivar. Apparently, there is a
> cultivar of alfalfa which has been bred to be unable to fix its own
> N, and which this firm would like to use to reduce potential risk of
> N contamination in the water they sell. Interesting idea, but I've
> no knowledge of such a cultivar - can anyone help, with a name and
> perhaps a supplier? Thanks in advance. Ann
>
> ACLARK@plant.uoguelph.ca
> Dr. E. Ann Clark
> Associate Professor
> Crop Science
> University of Guelph
> Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
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