Effect of age of cutting on the productivity and forage quality of fourteen Sesbania accessions in western Tanzania

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 543-548

  Karachi, M ^a,b   Matata, Z ^a  

^a Tumbi Agricultural Research and Training Institute   (Tanzania)

^b Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

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EID: 0004867985     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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