Growth and nutritive value of some varieties of sorghum and millet as forage crops in Botswana

Tropical Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-91

  Aganga, A A ^a,b   Tsopito, C M ^a   Mwandamena, M ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b Meat Inspection Training Centre   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; forage; growth; millet; nutritive value; sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029783273     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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