Semi-arid warm-season grass yield and nutritive value in Argentina

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Stritzler, Nestor P ^a,b   Pagella, Jose H ^b,c   Jouve, Varinia V ^b   Ferri, Carlos M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; forage quality; semiarid environment; warm season grasses; yield

Indexed keywords

ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; PANICUM COLORATUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; TETRACHNE; TETRACHNE DREGEI; BOS TAURUS;

SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENT; WARM-SEASON GRASS;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0029662417     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002680     Document Type: Article

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