Wheat Silage: Effect of Cultivar and Stage of Maturity on Yield and Degradability in Situ

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 709-712

  Ashbell, Gilad ^a   Weinberg, Zwi G ^a   Bruckental, Israel ^a   Tabori, Katriel ^b   Sharet, Navot ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Extension Service   (Israel)

^c EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

In situ degradability; Maturity; Wheat silage

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0012482010     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960336l     Document Type: Article

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