Evaluation of Top and Bottom Leaf and Stem Fractions from Tiller of Three Forage Grasses. 2. Anatomy;Avaliação da Folha e do Colmo de Topo e Base de Perfilhos de Três Gramíneas Forrageiras. 2. Anatomia

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-68

  Queiroz, Domingos Sávio ^a   Gomide, José Alberto ^b   Maria, José ^b  

^a EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hyparrhenia rufa; Linear correlation; Nutritive value; Pennisetum purpureum; Setaria anceps; Tissue proportion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010737565     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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