Screening grain sorghums for bird tolerance and nutritional quality

Crop Protection

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Bullard, Roger W ^a,b   York, John O ^a,c  

^a Hauser Chemical Research Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird damage; Birds; Nutrition; Sorghum; Tannins; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM SPP.;

EID: 0030050518     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0261-2194(95)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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