Classification of Erythrina provenances by rumen degradation characteristics of dry matter and nitrogen

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-163

  Larbi, A ^a,c   Kurdi, O I ^b   Said, A N ^b   Hanson, J ^b  

^a International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)   (Nigeria)

^b International Livestock Centre for Africa   (Ethiopia)

^c c/o LW Lambourn   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

forage quality; inter intra species variation; tree fodder

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA; ERYTHRINA BRUCEI; ERYTHRINA POEPPIGIANA; ERYTHRINA PROVENANCES; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA;

EID: 0029853930     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00213647     Document Type: Article

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