In vitro digestibility, crude protein, and mineral concentrations of Leucaena leucocephala accessions in a wet/dry tropical region of Venezuela

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 1996, Pages 2663-2674

  Faría Mármol, Jesús ^a   Morillo, David E ^a   McDowell, Lee R ^b  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0029861086     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369730     Document Type: Article

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